secure rm

srm (secure rm) is a command-line compatible rm(1) which overwrites file contents before unlinking. The goal is to provide drop in security for users who wish to prevent recovery of deleted information, even if the machine is compromised.

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Unix and Windows command line program.
delete files secure, by overwriting their contents.

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MIT License

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khellific Posted 2017-05-01

Thanks for providing this tool. Recently Homebrew maintainers for macOS deleted this from homebrew-core. I have created a tap here: github DOT com/khell/homebrew-srm
techtwister Posted 2016-08-25

Excellent work and thank you, just what I was looking for..
chuu143 Posted 2011-02-23

Great tool

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Windows

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop, System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Related Categories

C Security Software, C Systems Administration Software

Registered

2000-03-06

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