Notwithstanding the mentioned 5% issue, in context and for the purposes of secure wipes, is it not better to use
/dev/arandom (or /dev/srandom) vs. /dev/zero as in dd if=/dev/arandom ... /S -----Original Message----- From: Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eric Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, OpenBSD Misc <misc@openbsd.org> Subject: Re: delete deleted data Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:13:42 +1100 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/1/6, Eric Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:25:37 +1100, "Sunnz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Just create a file and filling it with /dev/zero until it takes up all > > the free spaces, then rm -P that file.
