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From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org>
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Subject: Re: Gutman Method on Empty Space
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Hi there,

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 09:22:33AM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote:
> Or always 'rm -P' :-)

Nice... never knew about this.  

That said, this won't satisfy the Gutmann requirement as far as I
understand it and overwriting a file three times is not considered a
true secure wipe of data.  This data would still be theoretically
recoverable.

Cheers,
Marc