On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Tim O'Brien wrote: > Is there a way to securely delete a file? Or do I need to study the e2fs > and develop a program to do it? I'm sure there's lots of people out there > who'd like the ability to know that when something's been deleted, it's > gone; no line, no waiting.. Right now.
Kinda like a Norton wipedisk? > Ideas? Well, you could overwrite the file with gibberish _before_ deleting it. I think that's what Norton does, several times if I remember correctly. That's to comply with US federal regs, which seem a bit superstitious to me! Actually, the giberrish itself is probably some specified bit pattern. ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
