Re: HD memory wiper/shredder
From: Adam K (adamk1_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/27/05
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:54:18 -0500 To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Would it not make more sense instead of paying someone all the time of
wiping the drive, and the use of a degausser to bring them to a metal
factory and have them melted down ? That way there is no way for the
data to be recovered ? And yes you would have to watch the drive get
melted in order to ensure it was destroyed.
later,
Adam
On 4/26/05, vulcanius <vulcanius@gmail.com> wrote:
> DoD standards require a program to wipe the drive six times. However,
> there was a guy a while back who wrote a program to wipe a drive/file
> over I believe 30 times. Anyone know who made it or what it was
> called?
>
> On 4/26/05, Jason Prespolis <jprespol@neri.org> wrote:
> > 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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