Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:11:15 +1100 | From | Nathan Scott <> | Subject | Re: XFS information leak during crash |
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:03:17AM +0100, Jan Kasprzak wrote: > : it would only ever be uninitialised, previously-free space. > > Yes, but an old data from previously deleted files > (sendmail's temporary files, vim save files, etc) may contain > a sensitive information.
Indeed. But this is a generic issue affecting most filesystems; its not specific to XFS as your original mail claimed.
cheers.
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