Thread: Shredder-new file deletion application.

i've been working on project while friend, it's ready first release, thought i'd post here , response/critique. mods: feel free move this!

shredder

premise:

need securely delete files, know (if don't, jolly should!) data still on disk until overwritten. don't want overwrite entire disk, however.

solution:

overwrite files random data again , again, no data left. programs shred , srm do. however, you're not cli person. came shredder, scrubs files random data, removes them filesystem table if wished, through nice gui frontend.


sound good? well, there zipped 64-bit .deb installer attached (sorry on 32-bit, haven't got 32-bit box build on), source tarball (typical installation: make, sudo make install)

limitations/disclaimer:

many filesystems can , keep fragments, copies, , snapshots of files, can't guarantee file gone. if want gone forever, suggest along lines of darik's boot , nuke, wipe disk.


if want project, drop me line, , i'll give instructions and/or encouragement. you'll line in box.

attached images

• screenshot 2012-10-06 11:28:28.png (29.4 kb, 16 views)

attached files

• shredder_0.1.orig.tar.gz (65.5 kb, 2 views)
• shredder_0.1-1_amd64.deb.gz (28.4 kb, 9 views)

thanks, looks useful.
tried shred hidden files not sure how use program add hidden files. possible have shredder option when right click files?

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