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From: David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu>
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Subject: Re: secure filesystem wiping
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In-Reply-To: <38336910.AA589DD2@netquick.net> from "TrouBle" at Nov 17, 99 09:48:48 pm
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This thread was discussed in *agonizing* length about 6 months or a year
ago.  You might want to check the archive, at:

  http://www.freebsd.org/search/

Lots of good solutions and advice, and lots of bad, were discussed.  But
it's all there for you to peruse...

Lo and behold, TrouBle once said:
> 
> 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 ???
> 
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