Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 May 2003 10:45:58 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. |
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Jesse Pollard wrote:
> > However, it'll just give you false sense of security. First of all, its > > hardware dependent. Second, it won't get wipe in case of a crash (which > > is likely to happen when They come to take your disk). > > It is also not a valid wipe either. > > This particular object reuse assumes the hardware is in a secured area. If it > is in a secured area then you don't need to wipe it. It remains completely > under the systems control (even during a crash and reboot). The interval > between crash and reboot is covered by the requirement to be in a secured > area.
...until the admin walks in, shuts down the system, puts it on a cart and hauls it out the door. Is he going to wipe the swap area before he does that? Sure, you can write a procedure that says that's what he does but he will not follow it (been there done that.)
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