I use DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) for all my wipes. It uses the same algorithms that the DoD uses, as well as some other standards that are more thorough, though probably less useful as they take much, much longer to run. I trust DBAN enough to take care of our retired drives that have the library's financial data on them, though most of that is public record anyway.
My $1.75 ($0.02, adjusted for tax increases) Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397 www.gmpl.org Library Technology by jimmythegeek! On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 07:13 -0500, Drew wrote: > Hello, > Like the subject says, this pertains to data security, but not just on > linux/bsd/*nix. What I'd like to know is if anyone has a tool they > prefer for wiping hard drives in workstations. As we grow/upgrade > systems, we frequently have old systems we'd like to get rid of, but > data security is a concern. I would like to leave systems "usable" (ie > not destroy or remove the hard drive) but clean. Ideally, we're > talking about a bootable CD that has a utility that will > format/overwrite/reformat/overwrite drives to a point where there is a > reasonable expectation that data that was on the drive won't be able > to be retrieved. So - favorites, recommendations? Input on this being > a pointless task because data can always be recovered? Thanks for the > input. > > > Drew > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
