Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:52:18 -0600 | From | Charles Cazabon <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux |
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On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 10:48:58AM -0500, Dave Cinege wrote: > Charles Cazabon wrote: > > > > Actually, it's all-bits-zero, all-bits-one, all-bits-zero. This prevents > > people from reading the previous data from residual magnetic fields underneath > > a disk which has simply been wiped with zeroes, etc. The complete cycle for > > each bit is enough to minimize this risk. > > Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have)
Hey, I might even be able to handle writing this one. :)
Charles Cazabon -- ---------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon <charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca> Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. ----------------------------------------------------
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