Secure file shredding...

[andy_fac51]

I am a newbie to the world of Linux (Now that Windows Vista has come out, my XP Machine is outdated), I would like to know how I can shred files in Linux. I deal with alot of personal and sensitive data on a day to day basis.

[Dr. Nick]

try here for a few ideas
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=204667&highlight=secure+delete

[az]

I deal with alot of personal and sensitive data on a day to day basis.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesystem

[matthew]

There's a "shred" command already installed on your system as part of the GNU Core Utilities package that comes standard in Ubuntu. To learn how to use it open a terminal and type
man shred
and see if you will find it useful

[skymt]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesystem

Not a good idea. Makes it too easy to lose everything, including your non-sensitive data, if something goes wrong. Use TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) instead.