Hello Eric, Jetico BCWipe will destroy data on SuSE. Heck, they even provide RPM's. http://www.jetico.com I have verified the effectiveness of BCwipe on SuSE (reiserfs and ext3), RedHat(ext3 anf JFS) and Slackware (ext2) against EnCase Enterprise edition, Forensic Tool Kit and Recovery Pro in our labs. During "whole disk" linux erasures, BCwipe performed flawlessly. If you are looking to satisfy OPSEC or COMSEC standards for wiping a Linux drive, BCwipe will meet your needs. There are other wiping programs available('srm' at sf.net comes to mind..), but so far none of them have satisfied my Security Engineers like BCwipe for destroying sensitive or controversial data. Hope that helps. Craig Rodenberg, GIAC Director, Information Security MyTek Managed Security Services www.mytek.net - Eric Baenen wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Baenen Eric P Contr AFRL/HEC wrote: | However the US military does require secure wiping of all hard drives before transfer, turn in, etc... just in case. You never know what someone might find useful or interesting... the term used is OPSEC (Operations Security). | | Windoze programs like bcwipe and eraser (http://www.dirfile.com/eraser.htm) can do the job to military specs - I was just hoping to find a SUSE based solution so I don't have to track down a windoze system I can use for a while. What about Darik's Boot and Nuke (http://dban.sourceforge.net/features.html)? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCbkdjWW28UPiAJ/oRAl3GAJ43+iIQ1R1iW95TjXRVYgZM/vEs3ACgh2Q2 6CphbxdYF8Y5IOMUWZc+RNg= =QEpa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----