-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jay Lee wrote: > On Wed, June 21, 2006 9:05 am, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Not true. - From "man shred" regarding ext3: In both the >> data=ordered (default) and data=writeback modes, shred works as >> usual. Since it does not work on other journaled FS, that's why >> I suggested it be an option. >>> Are you using ext2 for your server FS? Encrypting the >>> partition or the whole storage should be a better solution. > > Is this really necessary though? Wouldn't it require root or > physical access to the server to read deleted files? If a > malicious user has that level of access you're screwed anyways > because now they can read mail as it comes in and goes out. And > again, this does nothing to prevent clients from caching emails. > This still seems like it should be performed at the FS level to > me, have you Googled around to see if any filesystems support a > "true delete"?
I answered these questions 24 hours ago. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEmUdyS9HxQb37XmcRAuJmAJ0atghrPBZt1q9M73wP1PI1dvM4ZQCeK9ZT L2sD7dr5c3viO+oErR5CwdQ= =xg7M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
