Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:33:14 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Secure deletion |
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Hi!
> >What's wrong with the "count the number of pages in the file, dump > >that many zeroes or random stuff on it and delete it then." > > It doesn't work for files deleted by programs not under your control. I want > mail spool files (for example) to be securely deleted, without having to > modify and recompile sendmail. Similarly for every other program that > deletes files.
Go for LD_PRELOAD solution. It should be trivial & it does not belong in kernel.
Pavel -- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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