It's been quite a while since I did an install from scratch and either
the prior overwrite option is new since, or I forgot it; the random
pattern overwrite choice would be better. The US DoD requires (or did
some time ago) multiple overwrites with specified patterns, beginning
and ending in zeroes
On Tuesday 03 May 2016 00:38:05 Ralph Sanchez wrote:
> Tom-That's what I thought too, but I thought someone said earlier that
> during the install w/ encryption, Debian would also zero the disk, or
> maybe I'm mistaken. As far as the process if I did what your
> suggesting and I was going to do, wo
Tom-That's what I thought too, but I thought someone said earlier that
during the install w/ encryption, Debian would also zero the disk, or
maybe I'm mistaken. As far as the process if I did what your
suggesting and I was going to do, would it work like this...
Boot from USB Live ISO
Run choice
Although encryption of the disk (as offered during installation) is a
good idea, it protects against loss of the system or disk while powered
down. It does not protect against unauthorized access to the running
system, and if the threat model includes that, zeroing (or better yet,
multiply overwrit
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