> if the partition is 90% full or fully utilized, it makes sense > for dd ... if on the other hand you had 10% used partitions, > than you are wasting 90% of your time copying null from > the master to the slave Just because space is marked as "empty" or "Free" doesn't mean it does not contain data of interest. deleted files. swap files. etc. Repeat after me: "Deleting data does not get rid of it unless you wipe the file." "Most wiping products do NOT work as advertised, and none of them really verify that the data was wiped." Why do you think data recovery/forensics is so effective? Kurt Seifried, kurtat_private A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574 http://seifried.org/security/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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