Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-25 Thread Todd Zullinger
Robert Nichols wrote: > On 9/24/22 9:31 PM, Tim via users wrote: >> On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 11:14 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >>> If you follow the recommendation to fill the device with >>> random data first >> >> When was that ever recommended, and where? >> >> While a logical thing to do, I've

Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-25 Thread Barry Scott
> On 25 Sep 2022, at 04:42, Robert Nichols wrote: > > On 9/24/22 9:31 PM, Tim via users wrote: >> On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 11:14 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >>> If you follow the recommendation to fill the device with random data first >> When was that ever recommended, and where? >> While a logi

Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-24 Thread Robert Nichols
On 9/24/22 9:31 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 11:14 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: If you follow the recommendation to fill the device with random data first When was that ever recommended, and where? While a logical thing to do, I've never seen anything or anyone ever say that

Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-24 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 11:14 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: > If you follow the recommendation to fill the device with random data first When was that ever recommended, and where? While a logical thing to do, I've never seen anything or anyone ever say that. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.76.

Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-24 Thread Robert Nichols
On 9/24/22 9:47 AM, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Dear specialists,     I would like to know, if enabling encryption of Fedora installation in Anaconda installer will dramatically short The life cycle of SSD disk or USB flash drives or SSD memory cart? By other words. Does enabling encryption en

Re: encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-24 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 11:48 AM Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: > Dear specialists, > > I would like to know, if enabling encryption of Fedora installation > in Anaconda installer will dramatically short The life cycle of SSD disk > or USB flash drives or SSD memory cart? > There once were good

encryption and flash based media question

2022-09-24 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear specialists,     I would like to know, if enabling encryption of Fedora installation in Anaconda installer will dramatically short The life cycle of SSD disk or USB flash drives or SSD memory cart? By other words. Does enabling encryption enforces much more write requests on file system