[no subject]

As per Geoff and Greg,

I have first-hand experience of organizations whose POLICY is to retain
the drive.

Chris

> Actually, the 3 letter orgs shred their drives (just like a wood chipper,
> but for HD's).
> 
> Greg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
&gt; &gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of
&gt; &gt; Geoffrey
&gt; &gt; Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:22 PM
&gt; &gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; &gt; Subject: Re: [ale] Nuking a drive
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Matthew Brown wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; I am returning two Dell servers thta have served me well.  It's
&gt; &gt; End-of-Lease
&gt; &gt; &gt; time.
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Anyone know the best quick way to nuke a drive to make all its contents
&gt; &gt; &gt; unrecoverable?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Depends on the extent of your paranoia.  Boot with a rescue disk/floppy,
&gt; &gt; then reformat the drives, write nulls to them, filling them up, then
&gt; &gt; reformat the drives..
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Worried about three letter organizations?  Don't return the drives...
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; --
&gt; &gt; Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
&gt; &gt; Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft
&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________
&gt; &gt; Ale mailing list
&gt; &gt; Ale at ale.org
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale";>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a>



</pre>
<!--X-Body-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-End-->
<!--X-Follow-Ups-->
<hr>
<ul><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><a name="00442" href="msg00442.html">[ale] Nuking a drive</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> matthew.brown at cordata.com (Matthew Brown)</li></ul></li>
</ul></li></ul>
<!--X-Follow-Ups-End-->
<!--X-References-->
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<ul>
<li>Prev by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00431.html">[ale] Copying all those files</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00433.html">ssh idle connection killed [was Re: [ale] syslog entry]</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Previous by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00403.html">[ale] Nuking a drive</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00442.html">[ale] Nuking a drive</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Index(es):
<ul>
<li><a href="maillist.html#00432"><strong>Date</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="threads.html#00432"><strong>Thread</strong></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<!--X-BotPNI-End-->
<!--X-User-Footer-->
<!--X-User-Footer-End-->
</body>
</html>