encrypting

[Henry Spencer]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Michael Murray wrote:
> This has me thinking: shouldn't it be possible to do a byte-by-byte
> overwrite of the file in place?  Or am I misunderstanding the way that the
> journal works... Will the journal reallocate blocks that are currently
> allocated to a file?

In general, yes, although details depend on the exact design.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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