-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/08/06 12:39, Pollywog wrote: > On Sunday 08 October 2006 14:41, Richard wrote: [snip] > Have you looked into the 'wipe' utility? > It won't work on journaled filesystems, though.
The shred(1)[0] man page states: In the case of ext3 file systems, the above dis- claimer applies (and shred is thus of limited effectiveness) only in data=journal mode, which journals file data in addition to just metadata. In both the data=ordered (default) and data=write- back modes, shred works as usual. Ext3 journaling modes can be changed by adding the data=something option to the mount options for a particular file system in the /etc/fstab file, as documented in the mount man page (man mount). I'm sure that the same reasoning that says that shred(1) will shred files on default ext3 mounts will also allow wipe to shred files. Except, of course, modern hard drives do transparent sector remapping, so even shredding an ext2 partition can't guarantee total safety. I've Googled for the curie temperature of hard drive platters, but have found only conflicting non-expert numbers. Heating the media in a pottery kiln should suffice. A MAPP gas hand-held blow-torch (5300F, 2930C) should also do the trick. [0] shred is in coreutils. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFKiIyS9HxQb37XmcRAni2AKDEuo0PszPG2pMbIzlmhnddpX/x7ACggLi8 KqQV6Onr/KdYR7Jz9C53fnk= =egvT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]