On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, David Shaw wrote: . . .
whether the filesystem you are using overwrites in place or not. Many modern filesystems (Reiser, XFS) do not necessarily overwrite in place. More primitive filesystems (like the FAT FS that is used on many external disks) do overwrite in place. Linux systems most commonly use ext3, and that may or may not overwrite in place, depending on how it is configured. Then there is the fact that many programs create temp files here and there which wouldn't get shredded. On top of that there is the fact that many programs save files in ways that can defeat shredding. Bottom line: it can be safe, but you have
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Might anyone have any quick info about this issue for MacOS? From, say, OS10.2's HFS+, through OS10.3 and 10.4's journaled HFS+, to whatever the current OS10.5 does if different? _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
