Andreas Winkelmann <mailto:ml@awinkelmann.de> wrote on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:46 PM:
VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) wrote:
Can anyone tell me if there is a utility that comes with SuSE 8.2 Pro that I could use to securel wipe an entire hard-disk? I have to retire a machine, and want to be able to return it "clean"
Something like: "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx"?
While that would work (not like the MCSE tech support guys could get around that) I was actually hoping for something more secure (e.g. with PGP I have a "wipe" function that can over-write sectors multiple times). Thanks for the suggestion, though!
VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) wrote:
Can anyone tell me if there is a utility that comes with SuSE 8.2 Pro that I could use to securel wipe an entire hard-disk? I have to retire a machine, and want to be able to return it "clean"
Something like: "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx"?
While that would work (not like the MCSE tech support guys could get around that) I was actually hoping for something more secure (e.g. with PGP I have
Ok, then take a hammer and have fun... Hmm, more secure than zeros all over the harddisk? I would be very interesting in this solution! -- Andreas
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 12:53, VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) wrote:
While that would work (not like the MCSE tech support guys could get around that) I was actually hoping for something more secure (e.g. with PGP I have a "wipe" function that can over-write sectors multiple times).
There's always wipe, which comes with SuSE. -- Scott Jones (scott at exti dot net)
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