Secure data deletion for linux file systems

Proceedings of the 10th USENIX Security Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Bauer, Steven ^a   Priyantha, Nissanka B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; LINUX; METADATA; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM; FILE SYSTEMS; LINUX FILE SYSTEM; LINUX KERNEL; MAGNETIC FORCE; PHYSICAL DISKS; PROBING TECHNIQUES; SECURE DELETION;

FILE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85084163253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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