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README - Wipe Utils v1.2
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Here's a couple of potentially handy utils for folks with rampant paranoia.

Remember: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean "they" are NOT 
          out to get you...


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First the legal mumbo-jumbo.
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Wipefile v1.2 and Wipefree v1.2 are Copyright (C) 1994 Trever Miller

These programs are free software; you can redistribute them and/or modify 
them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or           
(at your option) any later version.                                         

These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, 
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the               
GNU General Public License for more details.                                

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License           
along with this program (see the file "COPYING"); if not, write to 
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                   


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wipefile  - Overwrites the specified file(s) with the bit patterns
            1010, 0101, 1111, 0000, then deletes the file(s).


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wipefree  - Writes as large a file as possible (bit pattern 1010) on the 
            specified filesystem with a bit , then re-writes with
			0101, 1111, 0000 and deletes the temp file.

            You must specify one writable directory per filesystem for 
            the temporary file to be created in.  Assuming you have 2
            partitions, "/" and "/partition2", and writable directories
            called "tmp" : 

            	wipefree /tmp /partition2/tmp

			This would effectively overwrite all unused portions of those
			partitions.  Handy if you've been editing a secret document
			and your editor likes to create temporary files all over
			the place & you fear your enemies might come along and
			"spatch disk /" or it's equivalent.

			I'd recommend running this once a via cron when the
			filesystem is going to be otherwise idle.  Maybe once
			a week (or day if you're excessively paranoid)

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You can contact me via the following three methods (in order of preference)

internet   : bug@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca   
             millertr@cuug.ab.ca
             ambush_bug@wooga.cuc.ab.ca

quics      : tamiller

snail-mail : Trever Miller
             Suite #557
             918 - 16Ave N.W.
             Calgary, Alberta  T2M 0K3

