Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread dovecot
On 14/09/11 16:19, Timo Sirainen wrote: >>> The LD_PRELOAD way would be simple. Probably 10-20 lines of C code for >>> something that would replace unlink()s to mail files with fork+exec to >>> /usr/bin/shred. >> >> Simple for somebody who can code in C you mean :) > > I have no idea if this w

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 14.9.2011, at 18.05, dove...@lists.grepular.com wrote: >> The LD_PRELOAD way would be simple. Probably 10-20 lines of C code for >> something that would replace unlink()s to mail files with fork+exec to >> /usr/bin/shred. > > Simple for somebody who can code in C you mean :) I have no idea

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread dovecot
On 14/09/11 15:26, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> From a privacy/security perspective, making sure >> deleted email isn't recoverable does have real value for some people. I >> did consider FUSE. I might tackle that one myself. I don't really have >> the expertise to modify Dovecot it's self though. > >

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread dovecot
On 14/09/11 15:19, Steve Thompson wrote: >> From a privacy/security perspective, making sure deleted email isn't >> recoverable does have real value for some people. > > What would you do about backups? I realise that there are lots of other areas where an email can be leaked. It only makes sen

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 14.9.2011, at 17.15, dove...@lists.grepular.com wrote: > On 14/09/11 15:06, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >>> I have a wishlist item. Is there an appropriate place for me to post it? >>> Basically, I would like to know that my email isn't recoverable from the >>> local disk on the mail server after I

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread Steve Thompson
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, dove...@lists.grepular.com wrote: From a privacy/security perspective, making sure deleted email isn't recoverable does have real value for some people. What would you do about backups?

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread dovecot
On 14/09/11 15:06, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> I have a wishlist item. Is there an appropriate place for me to post it? >> Basically, I would like to know that my email isn't recoverable from the >> local disk on the mail server after I delete it. So instead of just >> deleting the file from my Maildi

Re: [Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting

2011-09-14 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 14.9.2011, at 16.46, Mike Cardwell wrote: > I have a wishlist item. Is there an appropriate place for me to post it? > Basically, I would like to know that my email isn't recoverable from the > local disk on the mail server after I delete it. So instead of just > deleting the file from my Maild