Re: PATCH - ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch

[Mike Fedyk]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:58:49AM +0000, the grugq wrote:
> it does already zero the meta-data. I was simply asking if you think the 
> whole "erase" operation should be under the control of chattr 's', or 
> just a subset (i.e. only data overwriting is optional). Its clear now 
> that you want the whole thing to be controled by chattr 's'. I'll knock 
> that up then, and re-submit.

Yes, some people want to *keep* as much information so that it can be
undeleted (think user mistakes).
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/