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Re: [PLUG] secure file deletion with journaling filesystems
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cipher does not require EFS. It can run on NTFS.
Please don't flame me, I know we are off topic (Linux).
Brian
>
> Brian Mohr said:
> > With NTFS you can use "cipher" a microsoft tool, if you trust it.
>
> "Cipher.exe is a command-line tool (included with Windows 2000) that
you
> can use to manage encrypted data by using the Encrypting File System
> (EFS). As of June 2001, Microsoft has developed an improved version
of the
> Cipher.exe tool that provides the ability to permanently overwrite (or
> "wipe") all of the deleted data on a hard disk. This feature improves
> security by ensuring that even an attacker who gained complete
physical
> control of a Windows 2000 computer would be unable to recover
> previously-deleted data."
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q298009&;
>
> Sounds like that doesn't work on plain vanilla NTFS. But I could be
wrong,
> as I haven't tried it.
>
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