i think that's DoD 5220.22-M 8-306 /E and if it's C & E, overwrite would be 7 times.
the de facto standard for securely shredding files is by using the Gutmann's method[1] as implemented on Ncrypt[2], Eraser[3], etc. e.g. shell> ncrypt --wipe-gutmann ...... [1] http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html [2] http://linux.die.net/man/8/ncrypt [3] http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ On Jan 12, 2008 4:16 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .... > > The US DoD has a standard for scrubbing, which is: > - overwrite with all 1's three times > - overwrite with all 0's three times > - overwrite with random three times .... _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
