Activity for davidgo
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| Edit | Post #289444 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Can I make a compressed RAM drive and externally prepare a (pre-)compressed file to copy onto it? Linux does have the concept of a RAM DRIVE (multiple concepts actually, including ramfs and tmpfs being common). You should look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram - ZRAM claims to be exactly what you are looking for - ie a compressed block device in RAM. That said, You may be "doing it w... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289442 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Static IP on wired LAN There are a couple of ways of handling this (on PC's in general. I do use Linux, but not Arch, and this will work). The first way is to statically assign an IP address. While you SHOULD be able to assign a static IP address in the DHCP range, it is better to assign it outside the range (the... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #289380 |
If you use secure erase you don't ever actually get the key - its just kept on the disk. The risk (which is relatively low unless you are talking about multi-million dollar secrets) is that secure erase has been backdoored or improperly implemented (and this is not theoretical - some early disks... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |