Securely delete files...

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Wed Aug 20 04:12:50 CEST 2008


Bhushan Jain wrote:
> I wanted to know how could the file be deleted securely using PGP?

Assuming you meant GnuPG, the answer is 'no'.

Assuming you meant PGP, the answer is 'maybe'.  PGP provides a secure
deletion tool, but as far as I know there has never been any serious
independent study of its effectiveness.

I would suggest asking PGP Corporation, or perhaps asking on the
PGP-Basics mailing list over at Yahoo! Groups.




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