data shredder

[Res]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, NoOp wrote:

> But all of this is getting a bit silly isn't it? The OP asked for a
> "date shredder". He didn't specify how 'shredded' the data needs to be.
> Several 'reasonable' options have been provided & the thread now has
> drifted into disertations & theory on data shredding.
> I suppose that's expected, but any search of the list archives will
> turn up previous.
>
> Other than 'shred won't do this', 'TrueCrypt can do this', I've not seen
> any of the "expert" contributor that have recommend much.
>
> o I recommended looking at shred and scrub.
> o Gilles recommended TrueCrypt (which isn't really an answer to the OP's
> question, and has nothing to do with the OP's question)
> o Amadee recomends dd - OK, but is this practical on a single file?
> o Kent write some nice rules about security
> o Ray does the same as Kent (who cares?) Security rules regarding
> passwords et al have been in place since I worked security & ciphony in
> the 1980's. Are they different now?
> o Karl of course throws security to the wind... Boggles the mind.
>
> So, other than my recommendations regarding shred & scrub and Gilles
> obtuse recommendation about TrueCrypt (which I use) but doesn't have
> diddly squat to do with shredding exisiting files etc.), do any of you
> thread drifting 'experts' have a recommendation for the OP?
>


used to be a program called "wipe", IIRC its file based.


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