Re: Solaris disk wipe utilitiy?

From: Gideon Rasmussen, CISSP (gideon@infostruct.net)
Date: 03/06/03

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    Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:37:58 -0500
    From: "Gideon Rasmussen, CISSP" <gideon@infostruct.net>
    To: "MacDougall, Shane" <Shane_MacDougall@jeffersonwells.com>
    
    

    Use "fdisk -P". It will fill the disk with the character specified as an
    argument.

    From the fdisk man page:

         -P fill_patt
                   Fill disk with pattern fill_patt. fill_patt can
                   be decimal or hex and is used as number for con-
                   stant long word pattern. If fill_patt is #, then
                   pattern is block # for each block. Pattern is put
                   in each block as long words and fills each block
                   (see -o and -s).

    You may need to run this multiple times to comply w/DoD standards. Check
    with your INFOSEC officer.

    F.Y.I. I am currently on the market if you need additional assistance.
    ;-)

    Gideon

    Gideon Rasmussen, CISSP
    Celebration, FL
    gideon@infostruct.net
    321-939-1526

    "MacDougall, Shane" wrote:
    >
    > Does anybidy know of a DOD-compliant file/disk wipe utility for Solaris 2.8/2.9? We need to clean off our Sunfire box soon, and need to do it securely.
    >
    > Thx,
    > Shane


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