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Subject: Re: Valentina 2.0. -- What is your 3 DREAM features? //db.EraseOnDelete
Author: Robert Brenstein
Posted: 2004/01/31 14:50:00
 
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>on 1/31/04 7:39 PM, Robert Brenstein at rjb /at/ rz DO.T 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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