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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:41:55 -0400 (EDT), Gregory Boyce <[hidden email]> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, John Abreau wrote: > >> One of our customers wants us to use PGP Shredder to destroy >> sensitive data of theirs when our support people are finished >> with it. I looked this up and found that PGP Shredder is >> part of the PGP Desktop product for Windows. PGP Shredder >> overwrites a file with random bits in multiple passes before >> actually deleting the file. >> >> The customer data is centrally managed from a Linux samba >> server, though, and I need a way to do the same type of >> file destruction on the server. What's the recommended >> equivalent command-line software for securely deleting files >> on Linux? > > I've seen srm and shred in the past, but note that secure deletion on a > journeled file system does not always work as expected. > > If you can, store the directories in an encrypted partition in advance. > Once you're done, unmount the partition and just rm it. > > -- > Greg
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