'secure wiping' maybe something of a myth. No one has taken up the
zero challenge yet http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329941,00.asp

so maybe just do what they did instead of messing up your drive with a
'secure wipe'

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:04 PM, David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, all,
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>
>
> Quick question: does anyone know of a good method in Linux to securely wipe
> a 1394 / Firewire drive? DBAN would be good, except it doesn't work on
> external drives at all. :( Unfortunately, removing the disk from the
> enclosure is not an option, as I don't have any accessible IDE ports on our
> remaining desktop.
>
>
>
> -DMZ

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