shred - File "shredder"

Version: 1.0
Entered-date: 1998-11-25
Description: Simple command line utility to effectively mangle a file by setting and resetting all the bits in it in six passes, then randomizing them before finally deleting the file. This renders the file or any portion of it totally irrecoverable by any software or hardware method known to humankind.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/file
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/file/shred-1.0.tar.gz (12k)
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/file/shred-1.0.lsm (916)
Keywords: security shred wipe delete remove secret file utility
Author: thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Cooper)
Maintained-by: thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Cooper)
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/shred-1.0.tar.gz
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/shred-1.0.tar.gz/shred-1.0.tar.gz (12k)
Platforms: Linux Generic UNIX
Copying-policy: GPL

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