From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 17 18:48:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from angelsguardian.netquick.net (angelsguardian.netquick.net [199.72.47.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B2214BEE; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:48:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trouble@netquick.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=netquick.net) by angelsguardian.netquick.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 11oHcx-000JZN-00; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:48:52 -0500 Message-ID: <38336910.AA589DD2@netquick.net> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:48:48 -0500 From: TrouBle Reply-To: trouble@netquick.net Organization: Hacked Furbies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: secure filesystem wiping Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org is there anything that will securely delete data from the freespace of a filesystem, say i have like financial data on my system, and i want it deleted, i can rm some-file-name but in actuality even though its gone, various foprensic utilities make the data recoverable is there something to wipe the freespace on freebsd file systems ???? to make data deleted unrecoverable ??? -- Windows 95 (win-DOH-z), n. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor which was used in a PC built by a formerly two bit company that couldn't stand one bit of competition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message