From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 13:37:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fs@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id D45EF1065696; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:37:46 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: "Julian H. Stacey" Message-ID: <20110222133746.GA95981@freebsd.org> References: <201102221304.p1MD4TlH040942@fire.js.berklix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201102221304.p1MD4TlH040942@fire.js.berklix.net> Cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash drives dangerously hard to purge of sensitive data X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:37:46 -0000 On Tue Feb 22 11, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > fs@freebsd.org > Usenix Conference Fast11 15-17 Feb 2011 > http://www.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/ > Paper: (15 pages) > http://www.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf > Review: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/21/flash_drive_erasing_peril/ > "Flash drives dangerously hard to purge of sensitive data > - When secure wiping isn't" > Ive only read the review so far, but covers topics re file system > access & file deletion. i think this is one of the issues that caused a rather long and techy discussion on svn-src-head et al. regarding rm(1)'s -P switch. cheers. alex > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com > Reply below indented '> ' original, to read like a play script, in order. > Mail plain text format; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. > -- a13x