Valentina 2.0. -- What is your 3 DREAM features? // db.EraseOnDelete

Robert Brenstein rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Sat Jan 31 20:22:50 CST 2004


>on 1/31/04 7:39 PM, Robert Brenstein at rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de wrote:
>
>>>>  -- does valentina automatically zeros out space that becomes empty
>>>>   when existing data is encrypted? if not it should. And add an option
>>>>   for doing this upon any record deletion (a new call or an option for
>>>>   delete/all/Record/s)
>>>
>>>  Yes, is added new flag db.EraseOnDelete.
>>>  For non encrypted also
>>
>>  For non-encrypted should be optional for performance reasons.
>
>Yes, it is FLAG.
>
>I do not understand, but what problems with ENCRYPTED ?
>
>What is bad if some ENCRYPTED data will be not erased?
>

For encrypted it should be done by default, opposite than for 
unencrypted. We discussed this last year. If it is not done, there is 
a chance of inappropriate data exposure to prying eyes.

Robert


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