Difference between revisions of "Linux Secure Delete"
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sfill - wipe all the space marked as empty on your hard drive | sfill - wipe all the space marked as empty on your hard drive | ||
sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space. | sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space. | ||
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+ | =Wipe Drive= | ||
+ | dd | ||
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+ | *Progress of DD | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | while [ 1 ]; | ||
+ | do | ||
+ | echo "Hello World"; | ||
+ | sleep 5; | ||
+ | done | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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+ | ==Notes== | ||
+ | *https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Securely_wipe_disk#Checking_progress_of_dd_while_running |
Revision as of 13:22, 18 October 2013
sudo apt-get install secure-delete
This has four tools:
srm - securely delete an existing file smem - securely delete traces of a file from ram sfill - wipe all the space marked as empty on your hard drive sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space.
Wipe Drive
dd
- Progress of DD
while [ 1 ]; do echo "Hello World"; sleep 5; done