Comments on: Wiping unused space in a file system http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/ Samuel Tardieu's dual-sided blog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:04:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SkyscraperMan http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-109096 SkyscraperMan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:24:59 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-109096 Yes this can be a very large problem these days when taking into concideration the large storage on USB drives these days. USB drives can be upto 32GB in size, all though this would take a few minutes to transfer the data silently. Yes this can be a very large problem these days when taking into concideration the large storage on USB drives these days.
USB drives can be upto 32GB in size, all though this would take a few minutes to transfer the data silently.

]]> By: new music http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-109047 new music Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:01:04 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-109047 People now carry a lot of important things on their pen drives. And most of them don't have any security measures or encryption. I think the companies employing and using such technology should always keep there employees aware of these stuff. People now carry a lot of important things on their pen drives. And most of them don’t have any security measures or encryption. I think the companies employing and using such technology should always keep there employees aware of these stuff.

]]> By: LMS http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-108997 LMS Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:47:09 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-108997 USB drives nowadays contain basically most sensitive and important files of a person. Well most of the hacking and can be avoided with proper security measures and awareness. Anyway wiping unused space would be one such measure. Most importantly you always should trust the computer and it's owner you are using. USB drives nowadays contain basically most sensitive and important files of a person. Well most of the hacking and can be avoided with proper security measures and awareness. Anyway wiping unused space would be one such measure. Most importantly you always should trust the computer and it’s owner you are using.

]]> By: Digital Forensics http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-105191 Digital Forensics Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:00:30 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-105191 Wow, what a sly guy this is trying to get personal info from people. A lot of apps that were created for harm can be used for the good as well. I think this is one of them. I guess the key is to not have friends that would do this to you :) - and not to let people just stick in their USB device into your computer. Wow, what a sly guy this is trying to get personal info from people. A lot of apps that were created for harm can be used for the good as well. I think this is one of them. I guess the key is to not have friends that would do this to you :) – and not to let people just stick in their USB device into your computer.

]]> By: USBDumper « Cybercriminology Blog of Juseop Lim http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-80267 USBDumper « Cybercriminology Blog of Juseop Lim Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:36:16 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-80267 [...] them personal and confidential — from anyone who plugs their USB drive into that computer. (This blog post talks about a version that downloads a disk image, allowing someone to recover deleted files as [...] [...] them personal and confidential — from anyone who plugs their USB drive into that computer. (This blog post talks about a version that downloads a disk image, allowing someone to recover deleted files as [...]

]]> By: StevenSams http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-53719 StevenSams Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:37:19 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-53719 I regularly using a flash drive on my notebook, I think this http://www.myusbonly.com may works for you too! I regularly using a flash drive on my notebook, I think this http://www.myusbonly.com may works for you too!

]]> By: Dmitry http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-37109 Dmitry Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:19:41 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-37109 This is great idea. This idea can be use to hide information to ... file system must be separated in flash drive and hard drive. This is great idea.
This idea can be use to hide information to … file system must be separated in flash drive and hard drive.

]]> By: ralph emerson http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-31479 ralph emerson Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:36:38 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-31479 Some people have been writing utilities that silently dump the content of any USB key as soon as they are inserted into their computer. Then using undeletion tools, they can gain access to your private documents that you thought had been erased. Some people have been writing utilities that silently dump the content of any USB key as soon as they are inserted into their computer. Then using undeletion tools, they can gain access to your private documents that you thought had been erased.

]]> By: gowen http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-10034 gowen Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:22:46 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-10034 Windows 2000/XP/2003 comes installed with a utility, part of EFS, which will wipe a drive. The 'cipher' utility writes zeroes, ones, and random data (one pass of each) over the disk. To wipe E:, for example, "cipher /w:e:" I regularly transfer sensitive documents to clients using a thumbdrive - and I make sure it gets wiped between clients so that there's no leakage of information from one client to another. More info available here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/tools/cipherfaq.mspx (Under Linux, 'dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/usb' a couple of times does the trick.) Windows 2000/XP/2003 comes installed with a utility, part of EFS, which will wipe a drive. The ‘cipher’ utility writes zeroes, ones, and random data (one pass of each) over the disk. To wipe E:, for example, “cipher /w:e:”

I regularly transfer sensitive documents to clients using a thumbdrive – and I make sure it gets wiped between clients so that there’s no leakage of information from one client to another.

More info available here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/tools/cipherfaq.mspx

(Under Linux, ‘dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/usb’ a couple of times does the trick.)

]]> By: Antoine http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-file-system/comment-page-1/#comment-9281 Antoine Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:51:14 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/08/23/wiping-unused-space-in-a-partition/#comment-9281 Sam, you can have a look at the following url : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/21/data_security_for_linux_power/ Sam, you can have a look at the following url : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/21/data_security_for_linux_power/

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