On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 09:01:36AM +0100, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 03.02.2015 um 08:56 schrieb Al Viro: > > >While we are at it, "overwrite with zeroes" is too weak if the attacker > >might get hold of the actual hardware. Google for details - it's far too > >long story for l-k posting. Look for data recovery and secure data > >erasure... > > You might read > > http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-89862-7_21 > > Here is an article in german about that: > > http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Sicheres-Loeschen-Einmal-ueberschreiben-genuegt-198816.html > > In short, it's enough to overwrite it once with zeros,
Regardless of the media used? How does that work on e.g. flash? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
