On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
Hi all
Yes this old chestnut again. Like most of us I guess, I have quite a few
old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood. Physically I'll be disposing of
these in as environmentally friendly a way as I can but
I'm not sure the TrueCrypt solution will work. Normally when you create a
filesystem/partition, the tools write out the minimum data they can - generally
the partition layout in the MBR and the file allocation table at the beginning
of the disk (and in a number of backup places throughout the
On 7 Oct 2011, at 09:05, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
Then, to erase the whole disk, just erase the key.
That's a
If I was
really concerned then I'd use shred (or DBAN).--
Given how easy it is to use DBAN (or nwipe if you want to use it in a more
familiar setting), I'm surprised we're arguing over the relative strengths
of unproven erase strategies...
Vic.
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On 7 October 2011 09:19, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
On 7 Oct 2011, at 09:05, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
Good morning group,
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 09:05 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
Hi all
Yes this old chestnut again. Like most of us I guess, I have quite a few
old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood.
On 7 October 2011 10:19, Damian L Brasher l...@interlinux.org.uk wrote:
Good morning group,
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 09:05 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
Hi all
Yes this old chestnut again. Like most of us I
On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
I guess anything's possible but how decent a solution is this?
Use DBAN and get on with your life :D
Al.
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On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
Use DBAN and get on with your life :D
Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run...
Assuming you're not intending to reuse or redistribute it, and that you have or
can borrow a sledgehammer: sledgehammer it and get on with your life,
On 7 October 2011 10:53, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
Use DBAN and get on with your life :D
Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run...
I wouldn't advocate watching that particular pot boil, no.
Assuming you're not
On 7 October 2011 10:55, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 7 October 2011 10:53, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
Use DBAN and get on with your life :D
Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run...
I wouldn't advocate
Hi,
This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
assistance, to have to accept a connection or have to enter any type
of code. The reason I am asking is due to one of the users being blind
and his
On 7 October 2011 11:24, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote:
This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
assistance, to have to accept a connection or have to enter any type
of code.
On 7 October 2011 11:28, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 7 October 2011 11:24, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote:
This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
assistance, to have
... Sorry, I posted to the wrong forum.
I for one am glad you made this mistake.
This is just the thing I'll need to do soon on my Mum's machine. (Which is
running Ubuntu 10.10)
Thanks James, Al ! :)
Bob.
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On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 11:28 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
My mum phones me when she needs help. I just go to my computer and do this:-
vncviewer -via mumsmachine.dyndns.org localhost
This sets up an SSH tunnel to her computer and then connects to the
vnc server on her pc and prompts me for
This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES
There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:
LLU operator presence:
AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006
So if i want to bypass talktalk in
This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES
There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:
LLU operator presence:
AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006
So if i want to bypass talktalk in
I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line.
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This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES
There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:
LLU operator presence:
AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006
So if i want to bypass talktalk in
On Thursday 06 October 2011 15:29:41 Martin N wrote:
This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES
There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:
LLU operator presence:
AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Seconded. BE ADSL lines are less prone to BT provided ones. No DLM for one.
James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote:
I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line.
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Less prone as in less reliable on BT servicing the line if anything
goes wrong and
the included wait?
DLM?
what is that?
Download Load Management? as a guess.
Martin N
At 18:45 07/10/2011, Ian Grody wrote:
Seconded. BE ADSL lines are less prone to BT provided ones. No DLM for one.
James
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