Difference between revisions of "Shred"
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| + | Shred destroys all data on a disk. The challenge is: If you have a magnetic disk and write zeroes all over the disk to destroy the data, there will still be a possibility left to read this data if you are willing to put in an enormous effort. shred first overwrites all data using random data, then zeroes the disk. | ||
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shred -n 1 -z -v ''/dev/sdx'' | shred -n 1 -z -v ''/dev/sdx'' | ||
(One pass to shred, one pass to zero) | (One pass to shred, one pass to zero) | ||
Latest revision as of 08:06, 16 July 2011
Shred destroys all data on a disk. The challenge is: If you have a magnetic disk and write zeroes all over the disk to destroy the data, there will still be a possibility left to read this data if you are willing to put in an enormous effort. shred first overwrites all data using random data, then zeroes the disk.
Example:
shred -n 1 -z -v /dev/sdx
(One pass to shred, one pass to zero)
