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  sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space.
 
  sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space.
  
=Wipe Drive Erasure=
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=Wipe Drive Erase=
dd command
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*dd command
 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
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*dd command repeat
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<pre>
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while [ 1 ];
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do
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  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
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  sleep 5;
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done
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</pre>
  
 
*Progress of DD
 
*Progress of DD
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done
 
done
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
  
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
*https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Securely_wipe_disk#Checking_progress_of_dd_while_running
 
*https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Securely_wipe_disk#Checking_progress_of_dd_while_running
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=SCRIPTS=
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<pre>
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cat *
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#! /bin/bash
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#wtf
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if [ -z "$1" ]
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        then
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                echo "Please specify a target:"
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                echo "/dev/sda"
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                echo "/anything/anything"
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                exit
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        fi
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echo "Reading Entire Drive"
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while [ 1 ];
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do
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  dd if=$1 of=/dev/zero bs=64M
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  sleep 5;
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done
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#! /bin/bash
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#wtf
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if [ -z "$1" ]
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        then
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                echo "Please specify a target:"
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                echo "/dev/sda"
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                echo "/anything/anything"
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                exit
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        fi
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echo "Writing Entire Drive"
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while [ 1 ];
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do
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  dd if=/dev/zero of=$1 bs=64M
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  sleep 5;
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done
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#! /bin/bash
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while [ 1 ];
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do
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  kill -USR1 $(pidof dd)
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  sleep 5;
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done
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</pre>

Latest revision as of 04:41, 16 October 2014

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 Erase

  • dd command
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
  • dd command repeat
while [ 1 ];
do 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
  sleep 5;
done
  • Progress of DD
while [ 1 ];
do 
  kill -USR1 $(pidof dd)
  sleep 5;
done


Notes

SCRIPTS

cat *
#! /bin/bash
#wtf

if [ -z "$1" ]
        then
                echo "Please specify a target:"
                echo "/dev/sda"
                echo "/anything/anything"
                exit
        fi

echo "Reading Entire Drive"

while [ 1 ];
do
  dd if=$1 of=/dev/zero bs=64M
  sleep 5;
done

#! /bin/bash
#wtf

if [ -z "$1" ]
        then
                echo "Please specify a target:"
                echo "/dev/sda"
                echo "/anything/anything"
                exit
        fi

echo "Writing Entire Drive"

while [ 1 ];
do
  dd if=/dev/zero of=$1 bs=64M
  sleep 5;
done

#! /bin/bash
while [ 1 ];
do 
  kill -USR1 $(pidof dd)
  sleep 5;
done