Some of you might know my current project (see sig), well i needed a function to securely delete a file if users wants to.
I've implemented the function in TableCrypt, but also decided to write another program around it.
This is the idea:
1. run installer
2. right-click file and select "Shredder".
3. Confirm that you want to delete it.
4. file is deleted securely (total times overwritten = 10).
finally you can run installer once more to uninstall the program.
Source is included in the archive: Shredder (http://www.white-scorpion.nl/programs/shredder.zip).
PS. I'm always happy to hear any comments on my programs ;)
Great idea but I use Eraser for secure deletion.
With the Gutman file wipe option I can overwrite 35 passes with pseudo-random data.
This is currently better than any DOD method.
Eraser is free and open source at www.heidi.ie/eraser and it can be found at sourceforge.
Well, if you want you can change this to overwrite even 100 or 1000 times.
It's your choice ;)
There are so many tools out there which securely delete files, that i'm not even going to try to beat them all.
The only reason i released this program is since its easy to just rightclick and delete.
Maybe you could try to implement Peter Gutman's algo :U
Here's the paper: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html
Thanks.
I'm sure i've read it before, but now for comparing his approach with my program it might be worth reading it again ;)