Secure Erase Tool?

subaruwrx · 08-14-2004, 10:04 AM

Dudes, what are some of the free secure erase tool you all recommend?

Secure erase as in it makes it almost impossible to recover any previously deleted/formatted files.

Thanks

jomen · 08-14-2004, 10:40 AM

the one I know is called "wipe" and it gets as secure as you want it...easy to use command-line tool

subaruwrx · 08-14-2004, 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by jomen
the one I know is called "wipe" and it gets as secure as you want it...easy to use command-line tool

err... how about windows tool?

jailbait · 08-14-2004, 10:58 AM

"Dudes, what are some of the free secure erase tool you all recommend?"

I use the shred command. See:
man shred

Here is a thread that explains how to use shred against more than one file at a time.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=58016

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jomen · 08-14-2004, 02:39 PM

Hey Dude! ...err... Windows-tools?

How would I know about these?

I was under the impression that this was a forum to discuss linux-related questions - even if it's called "general"...

I did not think a second about Windows - especially as you are using Slackware and Fedora Core 2 - according to your sig...

Or did you mean a program which you operate throug a GUI ? - cant help with that eigter!

qwijibow · 08-14-2004, 10:51 PM

shed would work on an old OS like windows 95. but since journeled file system became all the rage, shed will not guarantee than a file is wiped.

you pretty much have to nuke the partiton...

delete the file, then
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/somwhere/on/the/partiton/BIG.random
rm /somwhere/on/the/partiton/BIG.random

that will kill the file... but will take ages ona big disk.