RE: HD memory wiper/shredder

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Date: 04/26/05

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    To: "'Jason Prespolis'" <jprespol@neri.org>, "'Kinnell'" <kinnell.t@gmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:11:02 +0100

    Darik's boot'n'nuke

    http://dban.sourceforge.net/

    Free, good but needs a floppy drive - no good for SANs or RAID.

    Good protocol for a single disk is wipe with DBAN (read the FAQ - Peter
    Guttman has a lot to answer for :) - do it the default way unless you like
    staring at machines for a long time.

    That is good enough unless you have data that is sensitive...

    Then - deguasser - not as expensive as you think (3-5K) <<optional>>

    Drill through several times....making sure to make a mess of the drive
    electronics (especially annoying for SATA/SCSI)

    Generally DBAN does the job.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Jason Prespolis [mailto:jprespol@neri.org]
    Sent: 26 April 2005 16:44
    To: Kinnell; security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: RE: HD memory wiper/shredder

    Clean the hard drive before dumping your PC

    If you don't know much about computers, this might be easier than Step
    2. There are several programs that write gibberish to the hard drive.
    They promise that nobody will be able to find your files after the
    software is utilized.

    PC Inspector's (www.pcinspector.de) e-maxx meets U.S. military
    standards.
    Another good program is DriveScrubber ($29.95), from Iolo Technologies
    (www.iolo.com).
    If you have a Mac, try SuperScrubber (www.jiiva.com). It is $30, and
    also meets military specs.

    This process can be slow, because these programs write to the disk
    repeatedly. You might want to run itovernight
    http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/issues/technology/security/clean_
    the_hard_drive_before_dumping_your_pc.mspx

    East-Tec Sanitizer offers best solution to safely erasing hard disks
    http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6270_11-5217262.html
     
    Active@ KillDisk
    http://killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Kinnell [mailto:kinnell.t@gmail.com]
    Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:06 PM
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: HD memory wiper/shredder

    Hey all.

    I recently had a friend ask me if I knew of any real good file
    shredders/wipers. He wants to be able to securely shred a file used for
    an encryption key after it is no longer needed at that location.
    I couldn't think of any off of the top of my head but I figured this
    list would be a great place to start. So does anyone know of a good
    shredder to use for this purpose? Freeware would be preferred.

    thanks,
    Kinnell 

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