Zeroing Storage Devices [re: dd, #OpenFabs #CryptoFunding #Meshnets]

2022-01-15 Thread grarpamp
> Nothing on the operating system side of the [disk] controller (and its > firmware) has got direct access to what's under the hood of the [disk]. Modern disk, tape, usb, ssd, etc... Some of them now show different read or write speeds depending on whether zero or random data was read or write fro

Re: I am worried about security in FreeBSD

2022-03-14 Thread grarpamp
> https://web.archive.org/web/20210401214138/https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2018-March/018892.html The planet's computing prioritization problem, not even 2018 but back to 1998 and before. "Responsible Disclosure" "Embargoed Releases" etc... these are nothing more than scams, a

Re: SSD erase question

2022-03-21 Thread grarpamp
On 3/21/22, Damian Weber wrote: > https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2022-March/22.html > I'd like to have an answer on a secure FreeBSD way to erase > SSDs before giving these away to someone for reusing it. https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2022-January/00