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Secure deletion with journaling?

Secure deletion with journaling?

Posted Dec 7, 2006 15:20 UTC (Thu) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285)
In reply to: Secure deletion with journaling? by abatters
Parent article: Secure deletion and trash bin support

Overwrite the file with O_DIRECT set? Create a new filesystem flag so that even the most cache-happy journaled FS does the right thing?


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Secure deletion with journaling?

Posted Dec 7, 2006 16:52 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]

The secure deletion resides in the FS part for sure. Only the undelete part can be in the VFS (just a mv after all).

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