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Bug #585049 reported by
Solitaire
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BleachBit |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Andrew Ziem | ||
Bug Description
I've just started to use BleachBit 0.7.4 in Ubuntu 10.04 and noticed that it's cleaning is not as "secure" as it could be.
Currently the program goes through the items alphabetically (From Adobe Reader --> yum)
Which means that the system wipe happens before thumbnails, email and torrent files are deleted.
Would it be more "secure" to reorder the items so that:
- First files are deleted,
- Then databases are Vacuumed / removed.
- Then the resulting free-space and memory/swap is cleaned / wiped?
That would seem a more secure way of cleaning the system.
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) |
| milestone: | none → 0.8.3 |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #3 |
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SVN revision 2057 adds enhancement so the order is this
1. Delete files and vacuum
2. Deep scan (which is delete)
3. Wipe memory
4. Wipe free disk space
Why would you suggest a distinction between general delete and vacuuming (your first two items)?