WipeDrive3 is a DOD approved (HIPAA, etc) product that I use and it calls DOD-level wiping 3 passes with 3 overwrites each. Most of the time I use 1 pass for less important information.
http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive.php -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:45 PM To: Maarten Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Erasing a hard disk easily On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:23:24 +0200, Maarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Department-of-defense level (dd as above but lots more times (like 10+)) DOD 5220-22M says: http://www.irwin.army.mil/ac/Electronic_Publications/DoD_Pubs/DoD%205220-22- M/cp 8.pdf Pages 14 and 15 note methods "a, b, d, and m" sanitizing fixed drives, and continues: d. Overwrite all addressable locations with a character, its complement, then a random character and verify. THIS METHOD IS NOT APPROVED FOR SANITIZING MEDIA THAT CONTAINS TOP SECRET INFORMA- TION. So 3 passes with verification is sufficient for up to Secret. Top Secret and higher classifications require physical destruction of the disk. (Note that these are the regs for civilian-sector contractors to the DoD, anybody with citations for the military and/or intelligence community segments feel free to speak up - but I suspect they're fairly similar..) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
