Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!toncho.dhh.gt.org!not-for-mail From: John Hasler Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: shred or scrub Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:01:45 -0500 Organization: Dancing Horse Hill Lines: 23 Message-ID: <87y4z2607a.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> References: <87r44u7r0m.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: p95a04edf3b7edaa982f5392a25aadcb0e54e15d06089d781.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JRk7l2+P9QBKsL0HOJ6A8cHnBVc= X-Received-Bytes: 1878 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1295131063 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.development.system:630 crankypuss writes: > I've reached the age where it isn't clear to me whether I'll remember > all the things I now know at some unspecified time in the future. > Given the state of the medical arts and the unknown diseases mutating > toward us, it isn't obvious that *anyone* should simply believe > they'll always remember what they now know, and writing down passwords > is not a great idea either. Writing passwords down is often a great idea: this is an example. If you store that data that you want to be able to destroy on an encrypted filesystem and write down (but do not memorize) the password you can utterly destroy it by burning that piece of paper. You are then no worse off (and arguably better off) than you would be had you left the file unencrypted on a filesystem where you knew for sure that you could totally delete it. On Bruce Schneier's advice I write down all my passwords. I am quite confident in my ability to secure a single little book. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA