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mikenolan7
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Re: Disk encryption may not be secure enough

Proves once again that physical access = owned.

There is a software memory wiper called SMEM. It was included in older versions of the System Rescue CD. I haven't downloaded a copy of System Rescue lately, so I don't know if it is still one of their packages. You would have to boot the System Rescue CD, then wipe your memory to go that route. I have used it when completely wiping a machine. In order for it to not stall and crash, I found that I had to set up a swap drive bigger than the amount of RAM in the machine (which System Rescue CD doesn't do on it's own).

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said by mikenolan7 See Profile :

There is a software memory wiper called SMEM. It was included in older versions of the System Rescue CD. I haven't downloaded a copy of System Rescue lately, so I don't know if it is still one of their packages.
Yes, thanks. SMEM is one of numerous integrated Linux commands.

From Sysresccd-manual-en Secure Deletion of Data
quote:
SMEM from the THC-Secure Deletion Tools ( see »www.thc.org/releases.php?q=delete ) does a secure overwriting of unused memory (RAM)
For more information about SMEM, SRC, SHRED, etc. see:
Howto: Delete Files Permanently and Securely in Linux
smem - Secure memory wiper; used to wipe traces of data from your computer's memory (RAM)
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