Re: [PLUG] KDE deletion

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 1:18 PM -0400 9/21/00, Mike Cathcart wrote:
> Speaking of desktop environments, I noticed last night that 
> Konqueror, the KDE file manager, gives you three deletion options 
> when you right click on a file. The first two are Delete and Trash, 
> which I guess are pretty self-explanatory, but the third is shred, 
> which seems to be similar to the wipe program that was mentioned at 
> the last meeting. I shredded a 6MB file and it took about 2 or 3 
> minutes. As it was shredding a progress bar was displayed. The 
> progress bar popup also displayed a line of text that said 'Pass x 
> of 35', so I'm assuming that it overwrites the file 35 times. Just 
> thought you might be interested.
	That's a PRETTY SERIOUS shred, given that the DOD (Dept. of 
Defense's) requirements for "securly erasing" a document (at least 
circa 1995-1996) was only 3 passes - but of a specific type of pass.

	The logistics of secure deletion are interesting, if anyone cares...


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