Secure file deletion as per DoD 5220.22-M/NIST 800-88 rev 1

[Joel]

Status

Requested

Complexity

5/10

Description

The ability to perform secure file deletion. I.e. multi-pass deletion, overwriting of file before deletion, modifying timestamp in metadata as per NIST 800-88 rev 1 and DoD 5220.22-M.

Note that this is very performance intensive so would have to be included as an additional method. It is also unlikely to be able to do this in a way which works reliably across all platforms.