Filling with 0's then deleting is not reliable on journaled filesystems.. the files should be encrypted in the first place. A while back somebody did some changes to make sure that keys don't show up if logLevel is less than debug (or minor?)..
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:23:15AM +0100, Marco A. Calamari wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 17:02 +0000, Toad wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 04:36:13PM +0000, Ben Golding wrote: > > > Doesn't storing decrypted data on disk break the "deniability" property > > > of Freenet, which is important for freedom of speech? > > > > I'd have to check what the current behaviour is... I think we use > > temporary file buckets and don't encrypt them, in fproxy, at present... > > We should fix this, obviously. > > Another check on next minor release IMHO useful would be > delete all file stored in cleartext BOTH when shutting > down the node and when starting it. > I mean all file in store/temp and the dir store/temp > itself (to clean temo filenames) > Another useful addition would be an config option to > clean all clearinfo places: client-download (both > content and dir), that can be used by others if the node is an > http gateway (has the fproxy port public), logfile > that from time to time can contain keynames in weird > messages or other internal information as stacktraces. > Doing this with a simple wiping algoritm (fill with > zero before deletion) would be another good thing. > > JM2C. Marco > > > > > > > (after all, you can disable writing the cache to disk, even in IE!) > > > > > > Ben Golding > > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > > From: "Toad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: support@freenetproject.org > > > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:53:51 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: [freenet-support] temp files from gateway > > > > > > The encrypted files are stored in the store. > > > The decrypted files may be stored in the temp directory as well. Which > > > is often in the store, subdir temp. > > _______________________________________________ > > Support mailing list > > Support@freenetproject.org > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > > Unsubscribe at > > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > "Oggi e' il domani di cui ci dovevamo preoccupare ieri." > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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