So , Bill, you are cluttering up my keychain again, and I just removed those other thawtes the other day! I suppose then the "secure trash" is ok, too. For some reason, i have never been a security nut. I always think whoever wants to find out about my secret doings, will find out anyway, and those things I already did, the so-called "diddings" the secret seekers already know, and since I am close to disappearing from this earth, it does not much matter either way. Marta On Jul 7, 2004, at 12:31, Bill Rising wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2004, at 12:11, Marta Edie wrote: > >> You and your magnets!! I would not dare to go near anything with a >> magnet. I am still trying to figure out what it means when I use >> "trash" compared to "secure trash" and which one I should use to get >> rid of something. > > Here is a guess, which could be wrong: > . 'trash' simply removes the reference to the file for the operating > system (OS), and also tells the OS that the physical space on the disk > is available for writing. The actual contents are not removed - they > only become invisible to the OS. So... someone with a recovery > application would have a chance at piecing the info back together, > again. > > . 'secure delete' does what 'trash' does, but it also overwrites the > file multiple times with random data to make data recovery hard to do. > >> I also am eager to know , Bill, what this security signed ? means in >> your last e-mail. > > It means that Lee is gonna kill me, because it means that I sent a > signed message to the user group list. There was some talk of signed > messages in a past thread - try going to thawte.com for more info. > > Bill > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
