You are all so high tech! When I was in the Air Force we took a match to the punched cards used to synchronize all the crypto equipment.
Paper is so much easier to destroy... but probably less fun.
--- Begin Message ---In the AF we had some hi-tec 10MB drives (1999 taxes paying for 1980s technology on a 1970s aircraft) that had a failure habit. One of our "cleansing" steps was to break open the case, pull out the platters, drop them on the pavement and grind them with our boots for a minimum of 60 seconds per side. Then we smashed them into oblivion w/ one of those $5000 hammers. It actually proved very therapeutic as well as enhancing security. :-) -Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: Jon maddog Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: destroying data A friend of mine who used to work for one of our government agencies told me how they got rid of old disks. They took the disks apart, ground the platters down to dust....then burned the dust. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
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