SHRED for EXT3?

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 14:58, Mike McCarty wrote:

> 
> > I suspect that if you make a best effort at deleting all project files
> > and disposing of any backups of these files they are not going to be
> > concerned with the possible use of forensic recover techniques to get
> > portions of those files back.
> 
> I suspect you are right. I don't foresee any real problem. But I'd
> like to comply with the contract in the most comprehensive way
> possible. I'm not so concerned with them complaining, as I am with
> my own ethical standards. I signed that contract, and I want to be
> a man of my word.

That is commendable!  

In the future you will probably want to utilize a dedicated drive for
such files.  But then you need to make sure nothing ends up in swap or
temporary storage on another portion of your system if you are trying to
be that strict.

Even file transfer programs would have to be examined to determine where
they keep files you are actively transferring since most keep a temp
copy somewhere and then copy the whole file to the final destination.

You could over think this until you make yourself crazy.  :)

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Scot L. Harris
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