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From: fsfacca@zoso.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: Remote Shredding Available
Keywords: computer, smirk, original
Message-ID: [S41f.3265@looking.on.ca]
Date: 6 Jul 92 23:30:06 GMT
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Approved: funny@clarinet.com
We posted this on our local newsgroup for April Fools--
As was discussed at the February meeting of the Computer Security Committee,
a new networked high-speed shredder was installed in room 160 of the RAC
building.
From time to time Unix Workstation users have the need to dispose of sensitive
files on their systems. The new shredder is capabable of receiving and
shredding a variety of Unix files (ASCII or binary).
Workstation users can obtain the script "rshred" which will perform a secure
forward of almost any Unix file to the shredder. The files are queued by the
Epoch file server for subsequent shredding.
Following is the man page for "rshred":
RSHRED(1L) UNIX System V (01 April 1992) RSHRED(1L)
NAME
rshred - forward a file to the secure shredder
SYNOPSIS
rshred [ -bbin ] [ -ncopies ] [ -hc ] [ -scutstyle ] [ -ps ]
[ -ssstripsize ] [ -sb ] [ -d ] [ -ffontstyle ] [ -p|l ]
filename
DESCRIPTION
rshred Uses standard Unix features to forward any file on
the system to a secure shredder located in room 160 of the
RAC building. The file is queued by the Epoch on a special
Write Only optical platter, then transferred directly to the
shredder as soon as it is available. At no time is any
system utility able to access the file. This is in
compliance with RFC-974.2 of the Computer Privacy
Subcommittee on Electronic Disposal of Sensitive Material.
The following options are supported by rshred
-bbin Send the shredded file to BIN_ID bin This option must
be provided. Documents forwarded without proper BIN
Identifiers are considered a security risk and will
NOT be shredded. If you are unsure of the proper
BIN_ID for your location, contact your local computer
administrator.
-ccopies
Shred copies copies of the file. Useful if proof of
destruction is required.
-hc Print a hard copy listing of the shredded document.
The listing will be returned along with the shredded
document.
-scutstyle
The HP Shredjet IICxi supports a variety of software
selectable cutting styles. rshred supports the
following cut styles: jagged, straight, diagonal,
long-cut, short-cut, and short-long cut. Default is
straight.
-ssstripsize
Specify the "strip size" (width) of the shredded
strips in inches. Default is .2"
-sb Swap bytes (Ultrix and DOS only)
-d Shred double sided listings. Normally the Shredjet
shreds single sided listings.
-ps Shred a PostScript document.
-ffontstyle
Use fontstyle as the default font for the shredded
document. All standard X11R4 font styles are
supported by rshred.
-p|l Shred in Portrait (default) or Landscape mode. Only
one option is permitted per copy.
CAVEATS
Printing in landscape mode cannot guarantee efficient
destruction of document unless fontsize exceeds stripsize.
At this time the only image file formats which are supported
are GIF, TIFF, and SGI formatted images.
Shredder is not supported by davinci or raphael.
AUTHORS
Tony Facca
Jay Horowitz
Norbert Seidel
Don Sosoka
SEE ALSO
xshred(1L), shredview(1L)
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