Not an attitude, just a question........ On Jan 28, 2012 7:23 PM, "Andy Smith" <a...@bitfolk.com> wrote:
> Hello scoundrel50a, > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +0000, scoundrel50a wrote: > > What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an > > hdd......... > > Nothing. As I stated, a simple single pass of dd is all that's > needed to practically do that, and if you need more than that then > DBAN's your tool. > > I use DBAN myself on anything that has other people's data on it > just so I can honestly say to them that the data is gone. For my own > stuff I am happy with a single pass of dd. > > > and why do people feel the need to be so condescending when > > somebody asks about it.......trying to make the person asking look > > guilty......funny thing, you seem to know how to do it, even with the > > attitude...... > > Where is _your_ attitude coming from? I wasn't trying to make anyone > look guilty. No one even made any outlandish suggestions yet so who > would I be trying to make look guilty!? The people who do exactly > the same as what I do? > > It is common that people think that all manner of extreme measures > are required, and I was just trying to head that off in a humourous > way so we didn't need to go there. As it turns out I completely > missed the mark anyway because he wasn't actually asking about > secure data deletion. > > Maybe I hit a little too close to home. It's OK, scoundrel50a, I > won't come looking for your island fortress. Stand down your > henchpersons. Have a great weekend! > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAk8kSzMACgkQIJm2TL8VSQv5fQCg8FS4FzMmX7oS6lcbn/lYlwXQ > ACgAoN8PhBlFvc6lV1NoxHJ6TMzZuRTC > =zH+Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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