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Re: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better?
From: Robert Larsen <robert () the-playground dk>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:03:10 +0200
Wipe is your friend:
http://wipe.sourceforge.net/
From the site: "Wipe uses /dev/urandom, or if unavailable, /dev/random,
as a source for entropy. The Mersenne Twister PRNG is used for speed."
There are also a couple of links to other articles about safe file
deletion on the web site.
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R: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Vega - Brunello Ivan (Oct 14)
Re: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Robert Larsen (Oct 14)
Re: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Morgan Reed (Oct 14)
Re: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Gaizka Isusquiza (Oct 15)
RE: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Murda Mcloud (Oct 15)
RE: Wiping a drive: /dev/zero or /dev/urandom better? Steve Armstrong (Oct 15)
Upptime report tools? Mattias Hemmingtsson (Oct 15)
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