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SubjectRe: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux
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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.

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