190583 – RC_SWAP_ERASE fills the drive with zeroes: what about letting random data?

Bug 190583 - RC_SWAP_ERASE fills the drive with zeroes: what about letting random data?

Summary: RC_SWAP_ERASE fills the drive with zeroes: what about letting random data?

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2007-08-28 22:34 UTC by niogic
Modified:	2007-12-29 07:44 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description niogic 2007-08-28 22:34:14 UTC

RC_SWAP_ERASE fills the drive dd if=/dev/zero , what about giving the user the chance to choose if zero-fill or random-fill the drive?
It would be useful if I encrypted the swap space, and I didn't want to let the malicious user know that I had erased it.

And RC_SWAP_ERASE_RANDOM should be described as "Useful for all those paranoid peeps to nuke their memory." instead. :D


Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2007-08-28 23:08:29 UTC

RC_SWAP_ERASE doesnt exist anymore

Comment 2 Leonid Evdokimov 2007-12-28 20:34:04 UTC

I expected to find some comments about RC_SWAP_ERASE removal in bugzilla but found nothing.

What was wrong with it?

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2007-12-29 07:44:28 UTC

write your own script in local.stop ... we're not going to entertain every suggestion under the sun to help paranoid people be paranoid.  it's a waste of our time for no real gain.