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| Wipe |
| Computer languages | C + |
|---|---|
| Full description | Recovery of supposedly erased data from ma … Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than commonly believed; Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) lets any moderately funded opponent recover the last two or three layers of data written to disk. Wipe attempts to make this more difficult by repeatedly overwriting special patterns to the files to be destroyed, using the fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to ensure that there is a file barrier between passes and that each pass is completely written. and that each pass is completely written. |
| Homepage URL | http://sourceforge.net/projects/wipe + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | security + , recovery + , file + , data + , deletion + , restoration + , wiping + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 10 January 2004 + |
| License | GPLv2 + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 4 April 2003 + |
| Name | Wipe + |
| Real name | Tom Vier + , Peter Gutmann + |
| Resource URL | http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=804&atid=100804 + , http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/wipe-main + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Support + |
| Resource kind | VCS Repository Webview + , Mailing List Info/Archive + |
| Revisionid | 5,028 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 14:30:44 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + , Contributor + |
| Short description | Secure file wiping utility + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| System-administration | backup + |
| Use | system-administration + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 2.2.0 stable released 2004-01-10 |
| Version date | 10 January 2004 + |
| Version identifier | 2.2.0 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 01:22:24 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | nester@users.sourceforge.net + |
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