Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:10:40 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: PATCH - ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch |
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On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:58:49AM +0000, the grugq wrote: > it does already zero the meta-data. I was simply asking if you think the > whole "erase" operation should be under the control of chattr 's', or > just a subset (i.e. only data overwriting is optional). Its clear now > that you want the whole thing to be controled by chattr 's'. I'll knock > that up then, and re-submit.
Yes, some people want to *keep* as much information so that it can be undeleted (think user mistakes). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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