[Bug 432428] New: Missing option to fill encrypted partition with random data before formating it
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428 Summary: Missing option to fill encrypted partition with random data before formating it Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Beta 2 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: bitdealer@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- For security reasons the create partition dialog should offer an option to fill a partition which will be encrypted with random data (generated by dd-ing from /dev/[u]random) before it gets formated. Also there should be a big fat warning that this might take quite some time and a progress dialog would be nice to have as well. (I'm filling this as bug and not a feature request since this is a possible security hole - e.g. old disk content is still visible until it gets overwritten a few times.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428 Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |aschnell@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428#c1 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |meissner@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> 2008-10-06 03:30:11 MDT --- According to the reasoning (last paragraph) partitions/volumes should be filled with random data before deleting them. Requesting opinion from security team. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428 User lnussel@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428#c2 Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|meissner@novell.com | --- Comment #2 from Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@novell.com> 2008-10-06 03:45:36 MDT --- Feature only for the really paranoid IMHO. There is no requirement to offer that in YaST. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432428#c3 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #3 from Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> 2008-10-06 04:01:58 MDT --- So I'll not implement this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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