Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse
An interface for userspace programs to export a filesystem to the Linux kernel.
Running things under FUSE is sub-optimal. It’s better to run under the kernel directly. However, userland stuff is the only way to achieve certain effects, like everyday user control or to work around licensing issues.
Fuse is not secure! – Noted on https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse. See issue #15
acronym: Filesystem in Userspace
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This is something of a meta page.
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Storage / Computers+Entertainment >
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/
A storage device information / settings tool.
How do you get a hard drive’s serial number? Is it different for SCSI vs IDE vs SATA vs SSD? What if it’s connected over USB or Firewire? What about memory sticks?
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Computers > Digital forensics > Data sterilization >
2016-12-16 – After having learned a bunch more, this has become a much more complex topic. See Data sterilization for bits and pieces of insight.
TODO – split this into three documents: file, partition, drive
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Projects >
Computers > Digital forensics / Computer security >
The secure erasure of data.
I’ve also heard this called “data sanitization”.
NOTE – This information IS BAD. Other methods must be used to actually securely erase hard drives, but this project was killed before I could investigate them.
NOTE – Sterilizing SSDs are a totally different topic than sterilizing hard drives. I wouldn’t trust an SSD to be securely erasable at all. For an SSD, use fire. Yes, this means that you cannot give, sell or return an SSD if it had sensitive data on it.
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Data recovery, the opposite.
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Hardware >
https://www.asus.com/ca-en/supportonly/a9600%20series/helpdesk/?SearchKey=a9600%2F
A fair graphics card, but with poor 2D acceleration compared to my Matrox Mystique 220.
