Re: Can someone please poke some holes in this idea?

David R. Conrad (drc@adni.net)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:23:32 -0400 (EDT)

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Sorry, more ignoring of the underlying crypto question.

> 1.5) _Wipe_ the old file. (Write random data over all of the previeously
> used bits of the old file N times.) Your OS may not allow you yo do this
> cleanly without modifications to the OS, or other special measures.

Your OS may also offer to do it for you. man 1 chattr if you're using
Linux and ext2fs.

chattr +s file

David R. Conrad <drc@adni.net>

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