Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:11:46 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: TrouBle <trouble@netquick.net> Cc: Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>, David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: secure filesystem wiping Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911172210190.54860-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3833923C.10A7208F@netquick.net>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, TrouBle wrote: > obliterate only wipes the one file you specify.. i want to wipe all the > free space on the disk, without damaging good intact files on it, linux > has a progrtam called wipe that does this, now ill ask again is there > something similiar for freebsd dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/bigfile || rm -f /usr/bigfile Replace /dev/zero with /dev/urandom according to taste. Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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