Re: Secure deletion

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:18:17 -0300


In message <19980723131358.58107@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>, Pavel Machek writes
:
+-----
| > In message <19980723103314.24241@bug.ucw.cz>, Pavel Machek writes:
| > | Go for LD_PRELOAD solution. It should be trivial & it does not belong
| > | in kernel.
| >
| > Someone could then unset LD_PRELOAD to avoid the overwrite.
|
| Which can be considered feature. If someone _wants_ to leak
+--->8

If what you're looking for is Orange Book certification, it's a *mis*feature.

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