Re: PATCH - ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch

Bill Davidsen
2004-02-18T04:08:21Z

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Robert White wrote:
>
>>On the more positive side this would be _*outstanding*_ for my NV-RAM
>>keychain drive where the files are warranted to be small and I don't want
>>some random person who finds my lost keychain even able to guess about that
>>pesky project I was working on last month.
>
>
> An encrypted and/or steganographic filesystem would be much better for
> your NVRAM keychain drive, because that hides your files even when you
> _haven't_ deleted them.

But these are not mutually exclusive. Even if the data are encrypted,
when I delete something I want it GONE. That way even if a TLA with
resources to break the crypto steals my device, my previous password
list is safe.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979