[Wolves] hypothetical encryption question...

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On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 12:38, fizzy wrote:
> Just pondering....
> 
> We all know that if you delete a file, it doesn't
> actually get deleted, just allocated to be deleted and
> bla bla bla.
> 
> If you use an encrypted file system, and know the key
> for said file system, would you be able to recover
> deleted files, or not?

When I used a Windoze file encryption thingy, if you deleted a file it
overwrote the disc space up to seven times, so was well gone.

> 
> Also, if you change a file, is the original file pre
> changes recoverable?
> 
I would guess the saved file would be in a different location on the
disc and so the old one would in principle be there.


> Those are the questions going round my head this
> morning :)
> 
> fizz
> 
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