secrm: Example of writing "secure" file removal in Haskell rather than C.

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Writes to target file multiple times with random data, then erases it.


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Versions [RSS] 0.0
Dependencies base (>=2.1.1 && <3), haskell98 [details]
License LicenseRef-PublicDomain
Author Jon Slenk
Maintainer Jon Slenk <slenk.jon@gmail.com>
Category Security
Uploaded by JonSlenk at 2010-09-24T17:52:58Z
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Executables secrm
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An example of code to "securely" remove a file from media by over-writing
the file several times with random data, and then erasing it.

Note that this is just an example intended to show that one can write
system utilities in Haskell instead of, say, C. It does not, for example,
guarantee that the underlying OS/FS will be writing the random data over
exactly the same blocks. (In hindsight, perhaps making this not be the best
example. Living and learning, here.)