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Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one character? ...)

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On Fri 17 Jul 2020 at 13:22:12 (+0200), Nicolas George wrote:
> rhkramer@gmail.com (12020-07-17):

[…]

> > Among other things, should I be worried that it won't disappear on power loss 
> > / reboot?
> 
> Depends on what kind of disappear you want. If all you want is not to
> have to worry about cleaning up, then you are good with tmpfs.
> 
> If you are worried that sensitive data may end up on disk, then encrypt
> your swap with an ephemeral key.

In the absence of encryption, bear in mind that cleaning up only takes
place while the system boots up. Until then, everything remains on the
disk and can be examined merely by booting from, say, a USB stick instead.

Cheers,
David.

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delimiters with more than one character? ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2020-07-14 15:00 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-07-14 15:00 +0200
    Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-14 15:10 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-14 15:10 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-07-14 15:20 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-14 15:10 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-14 15:20 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-14 17:30 +0200
    Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 12:30 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-15 14:00 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-15 14:30 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 14:40 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-15 14:50 +0200
          Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 16:20 +0200
            Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-15 16:30 +0200
            Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-15 16:30 +0200
            Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-15 17:50 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-15 15:10 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2020-07-14 17:30 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 17:30 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-16 12:10 +0200
    Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-16 13:40 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-16 14:00 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-16 16:00 +0200
          Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2020-07-17 04:50 +0200
            Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-17 10:50 +0200
              Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-17 13:20 +0200
                tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one  character? ...) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-07-17 13:30 +0200
                Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one  character? ...) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-17 18:20 +0200
                Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one character? ...) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-17 20:30 +0200
                Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one  character? ...) Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2020-07-18 07:20 +0200
                Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one  character? ...) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-18 10:40 +0200
                Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-17 13:40 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-16 16:00 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2020-07-17 04:50 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-16 15:00 +0200
  Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2020-08-05 08:30 +0200
    Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-08-05 15:10 +0200
      Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2020-08-06 05:00 +0200
        Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-08-06 13:40 +0200
          Re: delimiters with more than one character? ... John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2020-08-07 03:10 +0200

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