From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3F3AD1D5.3000606@cpcug.org> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:03:33 -0400 From: James Griffin MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph A Nagy Jr CC: "'SELinux@tycho.nsa.gov'" Subject: OT: Re: Linux Wipe Disk Utility References: <200308131757.18235.joseph_a_nagy_jr@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <200308131757.18235.joseph_a_nagy_jr@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > > > Unless I'm mistaken, files on ext3 have their inodes automatically > zeroed out upon file deletion. If this is the case, the above solutions > are entirely unneccessary (at least the linux ones). You are correct about the ext3 inodes, but you are mistaken about the protection this offers. google for the Sleuth Kit and Autopsy for information on file recovery tools. This thread is getting off topic for the SELinux list. > - -- [snip] -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.