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Offline pclxd3os

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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2011, 02:45:47 AM »
How about SHRED ? I guess you can install it from Synaptic.
Exactly, at this moment I'm looking information  :D
now I'm looking at a web page where it says how to use SHRED

Shred works on a file by file basis, not an entire drive. It's a command line tool and the command would be either

shred -fuvzn <number of passes> <filename>.<extension>                                <Enter>

for a single file, or if all the files in a single directory are to be wiped;

shred -fuvzn  <number of passes> *.*                                <Enter>

As to your assessment of DBAN, I think you are wrong, as I've used it to blank USB drives. Linux sees all drives as /dev/sd<something>, and DBAN can be pointed at any drive designated as such.

Thanks for the info on shred
About dban if I'm wrong, I think I've read something about it in some forum
  DBAN which only works with magnetic devices
Now I have doubts about my statement if you say that works with memories dban
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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2011, 02:52:23 AM »
I don't need to install anything else. shred works great for me. Two to five passes depending on how large the file size should be enough to securely scramble the data that it would be next to impossible to reassemble.
Exactly, I think 5 or 7 passes will be enough to secure file deletion
And only with microscopes and expensive devices can recover information

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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2011, 02:56:10 AM »
I have found another tool for secure deletion
SECURE-DELETE
$ sudo apt-get install secure-delete
I get an error in the terminal:
xxx is Not in the sudoers file. This Will Be Reported incident.
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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2011, 03:01:44 AM »
By default, PCLinuxOS does not use sudo. It is recommended that you use Synaptic package manager for installing applications.

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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2011, 03:13:55 AM »
By default, PCLinuxOS does not use sudo. It is recommended that you use Synaptic package manager for installing applications.

Thanks
But I can not find in the synaptic
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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2011, 03:22:09 AM »
Another tool for secure deletion
BCWipe
This in synaptic
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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2011, 04:08:11 AM »
By default, PCLinuxOS does not use sudo. It is recommended that you use Synaptic package manager for installing applications.


Thanks
But I can not find in the synaptic


If it isn't in Synaptic, it isn't in our repos. You can request it be added in the Package Suggest section. Be sure you read and follow the rules.

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Re: secure deletion data
« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2011, 07:33:01 AM »
By default, PCLinuxOS does not use sudo. It is recommended that you use Synaptic package manager for installing applications.


Thanks
But I can not find in the synaptic


If it isn't in Synaptic, it isn't in our repos. You can request it be added in the Package Suggest section. Be sure you read and follow the rules.


Thanks
I've gotta read the rules now
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