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Open Source Equivalent of PGP Shredder [duplicate]

I'm looking to re-purpose some machines without reformatting the whole system. The system used to have source code on them, so I wish to do something like PGP Shred on the open file space. I used this ...
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What shredding utility can I use?

I happen to know that formatting a disk even 10 times does not destroy everything. Is there a good shredding utility I can use on Linux ?
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Faster tool than shred to make files a bit difficult to recover?

I need to shred files, but there are too many files and shred takes ages for each file. Each file is 4GB. Is there a faster tool than shred -n 1? Strangely, shred -n 1 on a 4GB file takes MORE time ...
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How to safely zero fill a file in a compressed filesystem in Linux?

I had read that the shred doesn't safely work for compressed filesystems when shredding a file, how this can be accomplished in a compressed fs ?
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How to shred already removed file on modern filesystem? (randomize free space, journal, tails, … securely)

Consider the following: mount | grep home ... type reiserfs ... rm -Rf /home/user/over_9000_little_and_big_super_secret_files/ # oops, I should have shredded it instead. How can I properly and ...
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DBAN MD5SUM Hash for Version 2.2.6 (i586)

Found this forum thread on SourceForge, but the MD5SUM Hash is for "dban.bzi", so that doesn't help at all. I checked elsewhere in the SourceForge forums, but I didn't find anything else. I also ...
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Data Shredder software

We use "eraser" and "o&o safe erase" to shred important documents on hard disk. Does anyone use another software in Windows for wiping, what are the advantages ? Thank you very much.
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gnu shred: can I pause/abort/resume?

GNU shred takes quite some time to write over a 500GB HD. Can I pause/abort/resume? I have specified that it should be re-written over 3 times, but can I quit (Ctrl-C ?) and call it a day?
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What is the best tool for file-shredding on a memory card? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a program to truly delete all deleted files? Hi, I want to shred the contents of my memory card and I don't want to be able to recover any files from that ...
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shredding a particular drive in my PC? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Erasing data before selling a computer Hi, I want to shred a particular drive in my PC and i dont want to recover any files from that drive...Is it possible??If so den ...
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Securely delete MySql Database

I am running Mysql5 on a Windows Xp machine on NTFS . I want to permanently delete a database containing sensitive data such that when the operating system is not active it is not possible to use raw ...
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Does using TrueCrypt makes “file shredding” tools obsolete?

On Windows, I frequently use Eraser, to delete securely the files I remove. I've been looking at TrueCrypt recently, and its whole disk encryption. If I encrypt the whole disk, does that make using ...