Re: Microsoft Access 97 Stores Database Password as Plaintext

From: Billy Naylor (banjoat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 02:18:26 PST

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    >Or run a utility that wipes out free space on a daily basis.  There
>are several that I have seen.
>
>I am not affiliated with Jetico other than a user, but I use their
>BestCrypt encrypted filesystem for Windows (which is a great product),
>and it comes with a utility to fry unused portions of your hard drive
>and other locations that could contain old data.  The drive wiper is
>available as a seperate download and is free for noncomercial use.
>It's about $10 for the purchased version.

 Why pay money for something so simple ?

#!/usr/bin/perl
# cleanse.pl
# Sets empty disk space to zero
#

 # number of times to wipe the partition
 my $num = 10;

 my $count;
 my $x = 'x' x (1024 * 1024);

 for (0..$num) {
   if (open (FILE, '>'.$count++.'.clean')) {
     print FILE $x;
     close (FILE);
   }
   else {
     print "$_ ";
     qx|rm *.clean|;
     next;
   }
 }

sub END {
  qx|rm *.clean|;
}

# banjo
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