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Re: Self-destruct password
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 07:48:13AM -0400, Emil wrote:
> Has anyone though of adding a second password to the encryption
> mechanism that will wipe clean the whole partition/file ?
imho this can't work - at some point, the driver will have to determine
which password was given. This check could be done by a stand-alone
program too, rendering this kind of protection useless against serious
attacks.
Stefan.
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