But remember, it has to be "approved" based on unclassified government standards. ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: Jared C. Lovell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:18 AM To: Sadler, Connie J Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unclassified Disk "Sanitizers" C'mon kids, why waste money just to destroy data? It's easier than all that. Drop disk in question in a free unix box, then: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/daWhateverdisk If you're really paranoid, put it in a while true, run it all night. It takes longer than a blowtourch but get the drive just as hot and delicious without the open flame. - Jared Lovell On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Sadler, Connie J wrote: > > Does anyone have recommendations for freeware or shareware that effectively > erases disks for unclassified but sensitive information? This would be used > for all machines "retired" to school programs, etc. We need one for Windows > and one for UNIX, if one tool can't clean both types of disks. Anybody have > experience with this? > > Thank you! > > Connie >
