linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] modsign: use shred to overwrite the private key before deleting it

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Message-ID: <54C4CC05.9090602@ahsoftware.de>
Date:	Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:57:09 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] modsign: use shred to overwrite the private key before
 deleting it

Am 25.01.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Alexander Holler:

> So we are now at the point that the only way to keep some information
> private (forever) is to not store it on any computer.

That should be written "any electronic device (including phones, 
tablets, cameras, TVs and clouds)" instead of "any computer".

>
> How crazy or userfriendly is that?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexander Holler
>
>

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