Re: Secure deletion

Jeffrey B. Siegal (jbs@quiotix.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:29:32 -0700


>What's wrong with the "count the number of pages in the file, dump
>that many zeroes or random stuff on it and delete it then."

It doesn't work for files deleted by programs not under your control. I want
mail spool files (for example) to be securely deleted, without having to
modify and recompile sendmail. Similarly for every other program that
deletes files.

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