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From: Glenn Enright <elinar@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 04:09:53
Message-Id: 200510301705.02511.elinar@ihug.co.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files by "Hemmann
1 On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:42, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
2 > app-misc/secure-delete
3 >
4 > Description: Secure file/disk/swap/memory erasure utilities
5 >
6
7 Just out of interest, I understand ext3 is pretty good at eliminating old data
8 during delete, because the data structure is so abstract? So in this case a
9 simple rm and poof files gone? Or are forensics beyond this now?
10
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13 Birds and bees have as much to do with the facts of life as black
14 nightgowns do with keeping warm.
15 -- Hester Mundis, "Powermom"
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