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From: Karol Babioch <karol@babioch.de>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] (OT) Secure data wipe
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:55:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50C4A67B.7010504@babioch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20232.77.109.139.26.1355052014.squirrel@lavabit.com>

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Hi,

Am 09.12.2012 12:20, schrieb jugree@lavabit.com:
> I've heard that you
> should create another file with the same name, write some data to it,
> and delete it.

I wouldn't trust on that. Which blocks get assigned to a file is up to
the filesystem implementation. I don't think you can rely on the fact
that a file with a specific filename will be assigned the same block
each time you (re-)create it.

Best regards,
Karol Babioch


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-09 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-09 11:20 [dm-crypt] (OT) Secure data wipe jugree
2012-12-09 12:26 ` Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón
2012-12-09 14:48   ` Karol Babioch
2012-12-09 15:49     ` Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón
2012-12-09 16:38     ` Arno Wagner
2012-12-09 14:55 ` Karol Babioch [this message]
2012-12-09 16:18 ` Arno Wagner
2012-12-11  8:39 ` Roscoe

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