Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:20:26 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <199812222313.SAA17982@steve-dallas.mit.edu>, Kev writes: +----- | > Dunno of an equivalent for WipeDisk, though... | | just dd /dev/zero over the raw device; any more effort is | pretty much wasted in this day of hard disk recovery systems +--->8
Agreed. Folks, the only way to insure the data are irretrievable is application of a sledgehammer and Thermite.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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