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

[Hans Reiser]

There is an extensive literature on how you can recover deleted files 
from media that has been erased a dozen times, but breaking encryption 
is harder.  It is more secure to not put the data on disk unencrypted at 
all is my point.....

Hans

the grugq wrote:

> Well, I think secure deletion should be an option for everyone. Using 
> encryption is a data hiding technique, you prevent people for 
> detemining what sort of data is being stored there. Now, admittedly I 
> dont know at what level the reiser4 encryption appears, but I would 
> think its safer to have complete erasure when a file deleted 
> regardless of how well protected its contents were.
>
> just a thought.


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