Cleaning data off a remote machine
I'm about to give up a FreeBSD dedicated server and would like to make sure I don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the best way to remove all data from the hard drive? I have no problem if this removes the OS along the way, but ideally I would like to be able to do what ever I do from an SSH session. If there's no alternative I can arange KVMoIP console access. Thanks -- Chris Hastie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cleaning data off a remote machine
On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:23, Chris Hastie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to give up a FreeBSD dedicated server and would like to make sure I don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the best way to remove all data from the hard drive? I have no problem if this removes the OS along the way, but ideally I would like to be able to do what ever I do from an SSH session. If there's no alternative I can arange KVMoIP console access. Thanks -- Chris Hastie Is there anyone onsite that you could trust to run DBAN (Derik's Boot And Nuke)? Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cleaning data off a remote machine
don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the best way to remove all data from the hard drive? I have no problem if this removes the OS along the way, but ideally I would like to be able to do what ever I do from an SSH session. If there's no alternative I can arange KVMoIP console access. remove all your files, then cat /dev/zero file on every partition ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cleaning data off a remote machine
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:23:04PM +0100, Chris Hastie wrote: I'm about to give up a FreeBSD dedicated server and would like to make sure I don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the best way to remove all data from the hard drive? Remove the harddive and move a seriously strong magnet over it. This will render the drive unreadable and useless, since it will also destroy the servo control data used for locating the tracks. I have no problem if this removes the OS along the way, but ideally I would like to be able to do what ever I do from an SSH session. The security/wipe port comes to mind. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpEICff2vqL5.pgp Description: PGP signature
