Securely delete files...

kunalvshah at comcast.net kunalvshah at comcast.net
Wed Aug 20 16:41:49 CEST 2008


http://www.fileshredder.org/
File Shredder works perfectly great for this purpose.

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> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Bhushan Jain wrote: 
> 
> > I wanted to know how could the file be deleted securely using PGP? 
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> you wouldn't use a hammer to put in screws, would you? there are tools for 
> deleting files, but gpg isn't in the list. start with this one - 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srm_%E2%80%93_Secure_Remove 
> 
> or google for `secure delete` and add the operating system & file system 
> that you're concerned about. 
> 
> be aware that some file systems make the job of ~really~ deleting files 
> difficult or impossible. 
> 
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