-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.951212212447.94B-100000@localhost>, Mark M. <markm@omni.voicenet.com> wrote:

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Last thing -- how secure is unix "rm"? If something is rm'd, is it really really gone?

Not very secure. I have heard that there is a Linux undelete and there might be a similar program for other Unices. If the hard drive is examined using special hardware, data will be recoverable.

It's not even that secure. As long as the blocks haven't been written over, you can extract the information from the raw device driver with 'dd' as root. - -- Todd Masco | "life without caution/ the only worth living / love for a man/ cactus@hks.net | love for a woman/ love for the facts/ protectless" - A Rich Cactus' Homepage - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMM9juyoZzwIn1bdtAQFXZAGA4HlzYVD4ORp5LecGxw16q+ELXZFChIuA kSHufPYuGQjsVDuQ0Ev4Xkroc3kVfZTQ =1vxa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----