RE: Shredding private/confidential information‏

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From: eg [mailto:egoots_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 3:33 PM
To: Ryan Schmidt
Cc: Steven; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Shredding private/confidential information‏

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2009a_at_ryandesign.com> wrote:

On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:48, eg wrote:

                
                Has anyone thought about this before? Suggestions? Maybe a candidate for
                a feature request?

        
        http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=516

Not quite the same thing. That is the feature request for obliteration of an item in the repository. However Steven wants to securely erase a file in a working copy, whenever Subversion would delete such a file.

True ... but does having one without the other make sense? A simple update to a revision before the "svn delete" would bring the sensitive files back.

Say your computer is stolen at that point and the thief gains full access to it. If you change your svn password before said update, the thief’s update will fail, and so those sensitive files remain inaccessible. I think that’s why the proposed feature is a useful security mechanism. Of course, an encrypted file system would go a long way as well.

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Received on 2009-04-27 23:50:48 CEST