Shiny!

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote:

>  This is what you need.
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> http://gizmodo.com/self-destructing-ssds-will-nuke-themselves-if-you-text-1640733628
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> Thanks
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> Webster
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:19 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] SSD scrub/sanitize/wipe
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> It was a 128GB mSATA SSD.  My home PC does not have an mSATA slot, so I
> had to purchase an external device with a USB  connection.  (
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LRZPNHM).
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> It took something like 45 minutes to complete the encryption.  I honestly
> don't know if the USB slot I connected it to was 2.0 or 3.0.
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> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:16 AM, James Button <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>  Not had to clear a SSD yet!
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> Vicious – and hopefully effective.
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> I like it!
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> But can the drive be reset by the manufacturers, for shipment as a
> ‘Refurb’?
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> Also could you say what size drive, and how long did it take to do the
> encryption with what interface/connection?
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> And – Thanks for the link about Truecrypt
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> JimB
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:55 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] SSD scrub/sanitize/wipe
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> Another thread mentioned the difficulty of guaranteeing the secure erasure
> of data from SSDs.
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> I recently had to return a personal laptop for replacement and could not
> find a method for securely erasing its SSD.  Googling around for answers, I
> came upon the idea of encrypting the entire drive as one way of virtually
> guaranteeing that data could not be recovered.  That made sense to me, and
> some before and after analysis with Winhex seemed to support it as a viable
> solution for my purposes.
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> What are others doing in this regard?
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> RS
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> PS  Steve Gibson is good for something after all!
> https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
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