[Cryptography] Shredding a file on a flash-based file system?

[Bear]

On Fri, 2014-06-20 at 13:03 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:54:00 -0700 Bear <bear at sonic.net> wrote:
> > Because clearly the key is stored unsecured if the machine can 
> > boot up the operating system without me entering a key.
> 
> Why do you presume such systems do not require that a key be entered
> or otherwise externally supplied during boot? Generally, they do
> require that. This is not the issue.
> 
> Perry

That would be an improvement over all systems I have actually 
encountered that are built around these supposedly encrypted 
drives. To hear that such systems exist is encouraging.

			Bear