Hi,
>From what I can see so far, they are simply overwritten with zeros - is that
right? If so, the blackening feature would be much weakend, as once can read
up to 20 layers of data even under random data (and more under zeros). I would
be most grateful for comments, or suggestions of where/how one could extend
the code to do a secure wip of the key areas. Also, I know practically nothing
of how I could to best get FreeBSD to physically write to disk
(configurability of hardware cache etc permitting).
With best regards,
David.
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering whether someone knowledgable about gbde internals could tell
> me how the keys are being destroyed on request under the "blackening feature".
> Ideally, I'd like them to be overwritten with random data at least 20 times
> independently, but I suspect it may well be done in a different way. I'd be
> grateful for learning how the blackening works (and why!).
>
> With many thanks for your help in advance,
>
> David Kreil.
>
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