rony good point. shred with strings of zeroes is probably even better than erasing. d
2009/8/18 ronys <ro...@gmx.net> > Note that if you're going to dd, at least use if=/dev/urandom. Running dd > several (>10) times is best (or using shred(1), which does the same). > > Rony > > ------------------------------ > *From:* linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto: > linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] *On Behalf Of *Shachar Shemesh > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:51 PM > *To:* Danny Lieberman > *Cc:* ILUG; geoffrey mendelson > *Subject:* Re: Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew > Support > > Danny Lieberman wrote: > > > 3. Use a 10kg hammer. > We have clients that insist on physical destruction of the data disk after > a network surveillance. > > Do you, at least, FIRST run the dd? I'm sure you realize that recovering > data from a disk that got only the 10KG hammer is much easier (and cheaper) > than recovering data from one that got only the dd treatment. As an added > bonus, you just marked that disk as interesting by physically destroying it > :-) > > Personally, I think the best solution for anyone who cannot afford to > physically melt the disk platters is to dd the entire disk, and THEN GO ON > USING IT for another project. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.http://www.lingnu.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Danny Lieberman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect your data: http://www.software.co.il Twitter: http://twitter.com/onlyjazz Skype: dannyl50 Warsaw:+48-79-609-5964 Israel: +972 8 9701485 Mobile: +972 - 54 447 1114
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