Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the author of wipe, btw (the one at wipe.sf.net). Meta-data journaling > alone isn't a problem (except for wiping filenames), but full data > journaling is, and some journaled fs (like reiser) don't necessarily place > data on the same blocks when you overwrite (log-structured and versioning > filesystems, especially). To be sure you overwrite the old blocks, you have > to overwrite the whole partition.
But that's not usually practical! > That's why it's best to encrypt sensitive data in the first place. That way, > there's no plain text left around. True, but if you want to edit a file (with vi, gimp, openoffice or anything else) you have to save it then encrypt it then wipe it. A file you can't edit is not a useful file! > If you do use my util, get the latest WIP version from sourceforge. There's > a couple minor bug fixes. Thanks for the information. Keep up the good work! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
