Re: New Data Wipe Tools
Dear List,
I have to apologize. I carelessly packed an old version of one of the Linux
wipe scripts (wipefree1.sh) in the archive (LinuxWipeTools.tar.gz) that I
posted. I corrected it on Friday night. If you've downloaded the archive
already, I suggest you do so again from http://basicsec.org/tools.html
Thanks to Jake Appelbaum <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, who made some good criticisms
here on the list, I also included more caveats and disclaimers in the README
file so that users won't expect too much of the scripts.
chrz,
--tcg
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Thomas C. Greene
Associate Editor
The Register
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Subject: New Data Wipe Tools
Date: Wednesday 08 September 2004 17:10
From: "Thomas C. Greene" <thomas.greene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I've created a few simple shell scripts that use /dev/urandom to wipe data
from the swap partition, wipe unused disk space on the root partition, or
wipe an entire disk. You'll find them at http://basicsec.org/tools.html.
Data hygiene is generally easier on *nix because there are fewer hiding
places than on a Windows system, but there are no free wipe tools that i'm
aware of. So I got busy.
This is not a perfect solution, but it's a step. I'd be delighted to knows
from fellow list members what I might do to improve them. The scripts are
freely available and freely modifyable (is "modifyable" a legitimate word?)
PS: See the README file for cautions, exceptions, and caveats.
thanks,
--tcg
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Thomas C. Greene
Associate Editor
The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk
http://basicsec.org