On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:42:24 -0600 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:58:09 +0000, > Mike C <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In the event that you want to give a Fedora machine to a friend but want to > > remove sensitive files first, an obvious tool is the shred command. > > An easy way to do this is to boot with a livecd and the copy /dev/zero to > the raw disk devices (or use a destructive write test with badblocks). Once > that is complete do a fresh install. If you are going to blank the media use the security erase command to the drive. That is what it is there for.
