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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:23:44
Message-Id: 200510301108.43000.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files by Glenn Enright
1 On 30 October 2005 06:05, Glenn Enright wrote:
2 > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:42, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
3 > > app-misc/secure-delete
4 > >
5 > > Description: Secure file/disk/swap/memory erasure utilities
6 >
7 > Just out of interest, I understand ext3 is pretty good at eliminating old
8 > data during delete, because the data structure is so abstract? So in this
9 > case a simple rm and poof files gone? Or are forensics beyond this now?
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11 With the right hardware, forensics are *far* beyond this.
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13 Uwe
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Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files Mike Williams <mike@××××××××.uk>