Securely delete files...

[kunalvshah at comcast.net]

To check the effectiveness, according to DoD anything that is not wiped with algorithm DoD 5220.22M has potential to be recovered.

File shredder works well with DoD algorithm and higher. Also it is free.

If you are looking to wipe a disk,you can use DiskNuke. Both are sourceforge.net projects.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> 

> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32, dshaw at jabberwocky.com said: 
> 
> > However, as you are asking this question of the GnuPG list, I suspect 
> > you mean to ask about GnuPG. GnuPG does not have a secure delete 
> > feature. 
> 
> Let me add that one reason for not providing a secure deletetion feature 
> is that gpg is Unix tool and as such it is usually operated in a 
> pipeline and does not work directly with files. 
> 
> Most Unix systems these days have secure deletion tools like shred(1) or 
> wipe(1). However, I doubt that they are any effective when used with 
> modern disks. 
> 
> 
> Salam-Shalom, 
> 
> Werner 
> 
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