This discussion came up on one of the SANS lists recently and unfortunately
I didn't save the thread for the references but there is research showing
that if you have a well funded advisory you are better off wiping the drive
once than physical damage to a level less than than total shredding.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Drew cothar...@gmail.com 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
I agree with Sky. There used to be 'low level format' available on cheap
IDE controllers that worked pretty well.
The best I remember seeing that kept the drive useable was an old
dos/windows program that did a 'distructive disk test'
that I used several times on different disks that were
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
My kids (the 12-yr-old boy 8-yr old girl) like to try and take turns
with the sledgehammer. Of course, I usually end up doing the deed, but
like Jack's idea, it is very satisfying and actually provides a great
workout too! I also sight in my deer rifle with them, and use them for
target practice
I'll chime in with another vote for DBAN. The only thing I have to add is
that DBAN (stable) supports most, but not all controllers. I have a second
CD with DBAN beta that seems to support other (AHCI) controllers. Between
the two of those CD's, I don't have any problem wiping drives. I
Interesting... I didn't know IDE did hot swap.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Chris McQuistion
cmcquist...@watkins.eduwrote:
I'll chime in with another vote for DBAN. The only thing I have to add is
that DBAN (stable) supports most, but not all controllers. I have a second
CD with DBAN
- Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting... I didn't know IDE did hot swap.
I don't know if that was originally intended to do it, but there
are commands in hdparm for spinning down drives and such. Also
commands for rescanning the IDE bus. Of course you have to have
a
I probably shouldn't have called it hot-swap. It is just a removable
drive bay and I always shut down to swap the drives around, although I think
there are some commands to do it, hot, I just don't really trust them.
Chris
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com
Great information, great discussion. I agree that destroying the drive (the
fire arm method is one I've used personally) is the surest form of data
security, however our retired workstations tend to be better than many
people's (especially our employees) home computers, so we first tend to sell
10 matches
Mail list logo
