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Re: rm hack

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Chris Palmer wrote:

> Finally, don't put too much stock in this overwrite function. It's nice
> to have, but judging from discussions on BUGTRAQ a few years ago (and
> possibly since), it's generally agreed that mere overwriting doesn't
> make the magnetic image of a file completely go away. There are ways to
> recover files from disks, even if the disks have undergone severe
> physical damage. Iirc, the outcome of the BUGTRAQ discussion was that
> melting was the way to go.

At the very least, read 
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html

-d

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