Wednesday, August 03, 2011

secure wipe

#apt-get install secure-delete

It will provide the following tools for secure wiping:
/usr/bin/srm
/usr/bin/sfill
/usr/bin/sswap
/usr/bin/sdmem

srm - secure remove (secure_deletion toolkit)
$srm file_name
$srm -r folder_name

There is already another tool "shred" comes with "coreutils" package in Debian:
coreutils - GNU core utilities
/usr/bin/shred
shred - overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it
$shred file_name


sfill  -  secure free disk and inode space wiper (secure_deletion toolkit)
#sfill /mount_point/

sswap - secure swap wiper (secure_deletion toolkit)

Turn off swap first :
 #swapoff /dev/sdaX
or
#swapoff -a  //to turn off all swap
Now run sswap:
#sswap /dev/sdaX 
sdmem - secure memory wiper (secure_deletion toolkit)


There is some limitation of these tools.
Please use manual pages of individual package for details information.

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