RE: [suse-security] Securely wiping external usb hard drive
BCWipe worked perfectly! And ironically it turns out we have a site license for bcwipe - it just never dawned on me that there was a Unix/Linux version - my group has always just used the boot floppy version (which doesn't support usb drives). The rpm installed without issue under SUSE 9.2 and a simple "bcwipe -bvmd /dev/sda" - 7 passes later (probably about six hours or so) and the drive was nicely wiped. Thank you very much for the pointer. As always - list members have been most helpful. Eric Eric Baenen Program Manager - Scientific Network Environments General Dynamics - Advanced Information Systems Phone: 937-255-8180 FAX: 937-255-8845 2255 H Street (AFRL/HEC) Area B Bldg 248 Rm 108 Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 -----Original Message----- From: Craig Rodenberg [mailto:crodenberg@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:30 AM To: suse-security@suse.com Cc: Baenen Eric P Contr AFRL/HEC Subject: Re: [suse-security] Securely wiping external usb hard drive 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
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