Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux
Pauline Middelink (middelin@polyware.nl)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:27:57 +0100
On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 05:51:39PM +0100, Clifford Wolf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Dave Cinege wrote:
>
> > > Actually, it's all-bits-zero, all-bits-one, all-bits-zero. This prevents
> > > people from reading the previous data from residual magnetic fields underneath
> > > a disk which has simply been wiped with zeroes, etc. The complete cycle for
> > > each bit is enough to minimize this risk.
> >
> > Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have)
>
> IMHO the name /dev/one would be a bad idea. Becouse this could mean an
> integer one which is 00000001 for 8-bit, 0000000000000001 for 16-bit, and
> so on.
>
> I don't know a better name - but IMHO /dev/one would be a bad name.
How about /dev/zeros?
Met vriendelijke groet,
Pauline Middelink
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