On Sat, Sep 22, 2012, at 21:05, Claudio Moretti wrote: I meant if I am on full disk encryption if it's worth the extra CPU clocks to do a safe erase of certain files, given the data is already random looking from the outside. It wasn't about the whole drive. The point is exactly that: your data looks random from the outside, but not from the inside. If an attacker gets access to your running computer or discovers your password, dm-crypt cannot protect you, because the attacker has access to your unencrypted hard drive. I know. I already got my answer. It was a clarification to Arno. _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
