"Stone, Todd -Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Our system contains both UNCLASSIFIED and CLASSIFIED data. Our security
> agency (AF-CERT in our case) have procedures for copying from a mixed
> classification system to UNCLASSIFIED media.
>
> Files occupy full blocks and the concern is over contents of the unused
> (slack) space between the files's EOF (End-of-File) marker and physical end
> of the data block as occupied on disk. This unused data could be considered
> CLASSIFIED if contents aren't zeroed out. Does or has anyone modified
> GNU-TAR to clear unallocated (slack) space?
>
You cannot reliably and (you should not) do this inside a tar implementation.
If the OS you are using does not do this by default, you should chose another
OS or filesystem implemenataion. I cannot speak for other OS, but Solaris
grants you to clear the space at leat on UFS and I would guess this is also
true for ZFS.
Jörg
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