[Gllug] Erase Files Like A Pro

Juan AMIGUET K995263 at atlas.kingston.ac.uk
Fri May 30 10:16:38 UTC 2003


Regarding Re: [Gllug] Erase Files Like A Pro Doug Winter Wrote on 30 May 2003, at 10:26:

> On Fri 30 May Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> > rm -fr works for me...
> >=20
> > If you're paranoid, wipe is free.
> 
> There's no way of reliably wiping a hard disc (or a file) in software.
> If the contents of an HDD are sufficiently secret, you should
> physically destroy it.
> 
> doug.

I am having nightmares of big magnets and tesla coils pulsating 
around a pile of defenseless HDD.

I am really glad its friday.
-----------------------------------
Juan Amiguet Vercher
Where is my mind?


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