Messages in this thread | | | From | penang.island@usa ... | Subject | Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 05:09:07 GMT |
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In the olden days of DOS, where there was no Linux, no Windoze nor swapfiles, the (pre-Symantec) Norton Utilities came with a utility file called WIPEFILE.EXE, which did a wonderful rewrite-at-least-three-times-before-delete-the-file job (and according to Norton Utilities at that time, that procedure was conformed to DOD's security requirement) on any files you really wanted to get rid for good.
There was also a related utility file called WIPEDISK.EXE, which did a good job not only wipe-the-entire-disk, as its name implied, but could be also used to wipe all the "empty spaces" on the disk, using a similar rewrite-at-least-three-times-before-delete-the-disk(space) procedure, in accordance to the DOD security requirement.
Now we have Linux, swapfiles and Windoze, but the little DOD-conforming WIPEFILE.EXE and WIPEDISK.EXE are no longer available.
I have finally gotten my company's systems all running Linux, and there are times when files containing sensitive informations are being "deleted", I really wished that I have a "wipefile(/disk).exe-compatible" utility on hand so I can be assured that sensitive informations contained in those "deleted" files are safe from prying eyes.
Question: Is there such utility for Linux?
If so, what is its name and where can I get it?
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