[guardian-dev] srm - "secure file deletion for posix systems"

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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On 04/23/2012 12:01 PM, The Doctor wrote:
> On 04/23/2012 10:45 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
>> http://srm.sourceforge.net/ I've used this utility some for 
>> deleting files hopefully leaving much less of a trace.  The 
>> interface is nice, its the same as UNIX rm.  I am curious if
>> anyone knows of any validation of this technique?
> 
> I tested srm back in 2008 along with a few other secure deletion 
> utilities, did some forensic analysis of my test machine after
> each trial, and posted my results here:
> 
> https://drwho.virtadpt.net/archive/2008/12/24/secure-deletion-and-sanitization-of-storage-media

Thanks,
> 
that was helpful.  For anyone wanting to use the 'srm' program
on Debian and friends, its in the 'secure-delete' package, along with
sfill, sswap, and sdmem.

.hc
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