ggrandes / eraser

Eraser is a secure file erasure in Java

Eraser

Eraser is a secure file erasure. Open Source Java project under Apache License v2.0

Current Stable Version is 1.0.1

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Configuration: System Properties

• Type or erasure: eraser.type
  • Types: Z=Zeros (0x00), O=Ones (0xFF), R=Random
  • Example: -Deraser.type=OR (2 Overwrite Rounds: Ones and Random)
  • Default value: OZR (3 Overwrite Rounds: Ones, Zeros and Random)
• Block size: eraser.blocksize
  • Example: -Deraser.blocksize=65536
  • Default value: 4096

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Running

java -Deraser.type=R -jar eraser-x.y.z.jar <file> [<file> [...]]

java -jar eraser-x.y.z.jar /dev/sdx

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Inspired in DBAN, this code is Java-minimalistic version.