Securely delete files...

[Faramir]

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reynt0 escribió:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, David Shaw wrote:
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>> whether the filesystem you are using overwrites in place or not.  Many
>> modern filesystems (Reiser, XFS) do not necessarily overwrite in
>> place.  More primitive filesystems (like the FAT FS that is used on
>> many external disks) do overwrite in place.  Linux systems most
...

> Might anyone have any quick info about this issue for MacOS?
> From, say, OS10.2's HFS+, through OS10.3 and 10.4's journaled
> HFS+, to whatever the current OS10.5 does if different?

  I would be interested in learning about the subject for windows xp
sp2... By the way, I was reading about Kingson Data Traveler USB flash
drive memory stick, and it also comes with "spare sectors", and manages
them in "mysterious ways", so probably, it is not possible to delete a
file in a "secure" way...

  In conclusion... the hammer-volcano-termite solution is the only
reliable solution... which doesn't mean we can't try to do it in a less
destructive way, *provided we can afford the failure to archive success*

  Best Regards
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