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From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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Subject: secure erasure of files?
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hi all

Does anyone know if it'll be hard to enable a <em>secure</em> deletion of
files? What I mean is not merely overwriting it with NULLs, but rather
using a more sophisticated overwrite, like the IBAS ExpertEraser software
(http://www.ibas.com/erasure/)

Is this hard/possible/doable?

roy

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Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA

Computers are like air conditioners.
They stop working when you open Windows.

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