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Re:Terminal scrollback written to local disk, including remo... by ori_b on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @09:34AM (#3675587)
If people have permissions that allow them to look at the content of your unlinked files, you're pretty much hosed already.
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Re:Terminal scrollback written to local disk, including remo... by zokier on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @09:49AM (#3675637)
I think the major attack vector for this is lost/stolen laptops and recycled disks.
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Re:Terminal scrollback written to local disk, including remo... by ori_b on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:09PM (#3677249)
I'd be just at least as worried about data sitting in named files (not to mention swap). If you're worried about lost/stolen laptops, encrypt the disk.
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