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From: amr@rti-sel.UUCP (Alan Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Norton utilities question (actually data security)
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 14:40:06 EDT
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The current discussion of "undeleting" files on a PC reminds me of a question
I had some time ago:

	Is there any command (preferred), or software modification
	which will make the PC perform a "data security erase" on
	files when they are deleted?  Any sort of overwrite of the
	file's data with some worthless pattern would do.

I realize that this would have a significant impact on performance, especially
when operating from floppies, but I suspect that many would consider it
useful.  I for one would want to know that old copies of spreadsheets
containing my financial were actually "gone" when deleted, and I would guess
that many businesses would want to ensure that sensitive data was actually
unreadable, possibly without bulk erasing or reformatting the entire disk.
Any "known" ways to do this?

					Cheers,

					Alan Roberts
					Research Triangle Institute
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					Cheers,

					Alan Roberts
					Research Triangle Institute
					(decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!amr)