2009/10/28 Joachim Schipper <joac...@joachimschipper.nl>: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 08:52:20AM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: >> 2009/10/28 Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz>: >> > On Oct 27 16:12:54, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: >> > Could we please stop this thread now and never bring it back? Thank you. >> > >> > (1) Your data is not that interesteing to anyone. (...) >> > (2) If you think you work with data that is so sensitive (which it isn't), >> > then you surely have the money needed to buy a new disk. (...) >> > (3) [Otherwise,] just dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd0c (...) >> > (4) [Ignore Slashdot articles on this subject] >> >> Put the sensitive files in a pseudo-device vnd and then delete it. > > I think you mean "put the sensitive files in a pseudo-device vnd[1] and > then delete _the key_". >
Yes. > This, in fact, is the proper way to secure data. If your data is > important enough that it needs to be deleted this thoroughly, you can't > risk someone jacking your laptop/a disk out of your computer, either. > > Joachim > > [1] Or softraid crypto partition.
