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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 01:28:48PM -0400, Ben Holland wrote: > So then the program would basically have to keep track of how many times the > actual file was stored as well as all locations at all times. Wouldn't this > kinda overhead be huge? ~Ben If what you want is assurance that the data you stored has by gosh been erased in every incarnation, then you have to do even more than that -- you also need to monitor every program that reads your sensitive information to make sure it doesn't write a copy elsewhere. You'll probably need to track and scrub your swapfiles, too. Security question number one: what's your threat model? Question number two: what's it worth to you? -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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