[clue-tech] Terse command lines

[jacob]

Brian,

No, it isn't a security thing. The question they are answering is how
to truncate a file. Which will probably not zero out all the contents
of all the data blocks. (It will probably just change the size to zero
or the equivalent.) This is not a security thing. Do not rely on it to
zero out data on the disk.

-jacob

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Brian Gibson<bwg1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> just to confirm, zeroing out a file is for security/privacy since deleting a file normally doesn't remove the data but simply mark that area of the disk for reallocation, correct?
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jed S. Baer <cluemail at jbaer.cotse.net>
> To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:28:30 PM
> Subject: [clue-tech] Terse command lines
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> Some of you, I'm sure, know Jeff Haemer. I just happened upon his new
> blog, and found this interesting bit of command-line fu.
>
> http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com/2009/06/truncating-file.html
>
> Astounding!
>
> jed
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