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Re: BRU, tape drives and XServe



Sorry, you lose.  /Library/Caches.

$ cd /Library/Caches; ls -al |grep `id -gn` |wc -l
      22

--Kyle Sluder

On Dec 18, 2007 1:43 PM, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers
<email@hidden> wrote:
> On 2007-12-18 John C. Welch wrote:
> > On 12/18/2007 10:03 AM, "Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers" wrote:
> >>>> Incorrect. I can think of a half-dozen situations that call
> >>>> for/require FV - style encryption, regardless of physical access.
> >>>
> >>> Then please enlighten me, because I don't.
> >>
> >> No response in five days. Looks like despite your claims you can't
> >> think of even a single one, much less half a dozen.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>>> Adobe Acrobat likes to put things all over the place, etc. You
> >>>> going to encrypt all the cache files?
> >>>
> >>> Like where? I'm still waiting for an example that's neither $HOME
> >>> nor /tmp.
> >>
> >> And it also looks like you can't name a location outside $HOME and
> >> /tmp where a user's temporary files would be created.
> >>
> >> I thought so.
> >
> > <sigh>
> >
> > What are you, twelve?
>
> I think I'll pass that question to the person who's been putting up
> claims without being able to support them.
>
> > Have you seriously been scanning this list and counting the days,
> > waiting to post this? Do you seriously have nothing better to do?
>
> You have a weird way of admitting that your claims were completely and
> utterly unsubstantiated.
>
> To sum up the results of our little dipute:
>
> - FileVault apparently *does* on-the-fly encryption.
> - Except for swap and /tmp there are no other places where one would
>   expect user temp files to be created.
> - On-the-fly encryption does help prevent data from leaking out of a
>   FileVault.
>
> Which is exactly what I've been saying from the very beginning.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers
> --
> "Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files,
> erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files."
> --http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
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