Re: is shred available?

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From: "Jill Lundquist" <jill@chezns.org>
Subject: is shred available?
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:01:45 -0700

> Is there an OpenBSD equivalent to the Linux 'shred' command, something
> that will not just delete a file, but will overwrite it with random
> data a number of times?  What would it be called?
> 
> >From what I've heard of the kinds of detail that went into 'shred',
> like encouraging the disk head to move as much as possible to
> leave no trace of one or zero in its path, it doesn't sound, ah,
> highly portable.

i don't know the answer to your question.

however, i recommend looking into a recent post on the gnupg-users
mailing list by Werner Koch concerning the merit of using "wiping"
utilities.  

it's dated 2000-10-31 and the subject is:

  "Re: How do I do "wipe" in WinNT"

even though the subject refers to Windows NT, i believe the content is
generally applicable -- and i'd be quite interested in knowing whether
it doesn't apply to OpenBSD.

i'd send a link to message in the archives, but currently something
seems to be problematic between where i am and where the archives are
at:

  http://lists.gnupg.org/