Hello Arno. > Encryption does not overwrite your data. If you want that > with LUKS or plain dm-crypt, ypu need to do the overwrite > yyourself. Some tools, like TrueCrypt, offer you to do > this optionally during installation. > > See also FAQ item 5.3. My bad, this is actually obvious (I always used shred when I was converting my old unsecured machines before encrypting them). > Yes. See FAQ item 5.3. If you do it for an already created > filesystem, you will not reach everything though, that is > why the overwrite should be done after crypto-mapping, but > before filesystem creation. > > Arno Good point, I was looking to avoid insecurities by disabling TRIM but I didn't understood that this insecurity was "by default" even wwithout TRIM (as I didn't filled the LUKS container). Thanks a lot Arno, this is a lot more understandable for me now. _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
