Secure delete (shred) using ColdFusion

[Guest]

Is there a way to securely delete (shred) a file using ColdFusion?  I assume that CFFILE Action="Delete" is not a secure delete.

[TLC-IT]

"Shredding" is not offered in ColdFusion.  Furthermore, the ability to actually do such a thing depends entirely upon the underlying filesystem (and perhaps also the network).  Generally speaking, in my experience it is not possible to obliterate a disk-file such that no piece of it truly remains anywhere.

[Guest]

Your answer doesn't surprise me since I was unable to find anything about this subject.

Our situation is that we are using a 3rd party Toolkit to form-fill a PDF template with a user's personal data and allowing them to view it or email it to themselves.  The form-filled PDF gets saved to the server before we redirect the user to it and then we run a sweep procedure to delete them  on a regular basis.  We're just looking for a way to securely remove these documents from the server so no trace is left.

Thanks for your response.

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

You might try a 3rd party utility for handling the shredding.

1. Instead of deleting the target files in your CF code move them to a directory 'shred1'

2. Invoke your 3rd party shred utility with CFSCHEDULE, Windows schedule, or *nix cron job to shred the contents of the directory 'shred1'