Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:58:47 +1100 (Australia/NSW) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: trouble@netquick.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (freebsd-questions@freebsd.org), freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: secure filesystem wiping Message-ID: <199911180258.NAA27440@cairo.anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <38336910.AA589DD2@netquick.net> from "TrouBle" at Nov 17, 1999 09:48:48 PM
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In some mail from TrouBle, sie 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 ??? alias rm "cp /dev/zero \!1; rm \!1" or something like that To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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