Re: Secure Delete for Mac

["Ladwig, John M" <John.Ladwig () MINNSTATE EDU>]

The now-removed srm(1) did do better than that; pity:

-m, --medium
              overwrite the file with 7 US DoD compliant  passes  (0xF6,
              0x00, 0xFF, random, 0x00, 0xFF, random)

The  -s  option overrides the -m option, if both are present.  If
       neither is specified, the 35-pass Gutmann algorithm is used.


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Clayton H
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Secure Delete for Mac

From the Terminal on 10.14, you should be able to use the “-P” switch with the rm command:

“Overwrite regular files before deleting them.  Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff, 
then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.”

Hope this helps,
Clayton


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Subject: [SECURITY] Secure Delete for Mac

Apologies if this was hit in a previous post.

I am looking to take the pulse of the group regarding secure delete solution for Mac. I understand that it was removed 
in a previous version. I am hoping there is something similar to Eraser for Windows?

Thoughts?

Cheers,

Chad

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Chad Tracy
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Bates College
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