<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18702"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i wanted to ask you all about the exact overwrite mechanism used in ext3; is the information in the datablocks overwritten or written to a new location and the information in the referring inode is changed? Is it depending on the application used (and the functions it calls) or independent from that?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please don't hesitate to go into further details and thanks for your help!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=102464108-24022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>flo</FONT></SPAN></DIV><br><br> <P align=center><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. </FONT><A href="http://www.websense.com/"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#000000>www.websense.com</FONT></A></P> </body></HTML>