Difference between revisions of "Linux Secure Delete"
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sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space. | sswap - wipe all the data from you swap space. | ||
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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 |
Revision as of 17:20, 19 November 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 Erasure
dd command
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
- Progress of DD
while [ 1 ]; do kill -USR1 $(pidof dd) sleep 5; done