RE: HD memory wiper/shredder

["Rochford, Paul" <paul.rochford () hp com>]

Just to add to a previous comment. PGP-Wipe will do up to 32 passes on a
file. 


Kind Regards,
Paul Rochford 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kinnell [mailto:kinnell.t () gmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:28 PM
To: nc () phat co nz
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: HD memory wiper/shredder

This was more than helpful.  Thank you all very much, and I'm sure we've
all found out about quite a few we didn't know about before.

thanks,
Kinnell

On 4/26/05, nee cee <nc () phat co nz> wrote:
> Kinnell
>  looks as though a few progs have been suggested already. I will not 
> add to the list except to say that you will need to also consider the 
> NOS or OS that the file is sitting on and take that into consideration

> when deleting as well. Removing from Alternate Data streams comes to 
> mind and also purging the files if on Netware.
>  
>  nc
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Kinnell [mailto:kinnell.t () gmail com]
>  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:06 PM
>  To: security-basics () securityfocus com
>  Subject: HD memory wiper/shredder
>  Hey all.
>  
>  I recently had a friend ask me if I knew of any real good file  
> shredders/wipers.  He wants to be able to securely shred a file used  
> for an encryption key after it is no longer needed at that location.
>  I couldn't think of any off of the top of my head but I figured this

> list would be a great place to start.  So does anyone know of a good  
> shredder to use for this purpose?  Freeware would be preferred.
>  
>  thanks,
>  Kinnell
>  
>  
>  
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