On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:36:15AM -0500, Doc wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Carlini, Antonio wrote:
>
> >
> > >1.) Run Norton WipeDisk pgm writing 1s & 0s three times.
> > >2.) Low level format
> > >3.) WipeDisk three more times.
> > >
> > >Trust me, when I was done, there wasn't anything recoverable there.
> >
> > If you did:
> >
> > 4) Smash disk into small pieces and heat until
> > molten slag
>
> OK. I have a much better, more secure way to obliterate data from
> IDE/SCSI drives.
> Just
>
> 1) Remove partitions
> 2) Donate drives anonymously to local Linux/*BSD User Group
Oh, oh. In this case, better-than-average (usually) technical knowledge
and curiosity form an interesting mix. The first that would happen to
those disk is someone trying to get at whatever data has been on these
disks before (I already found some pretty amusing things on SCSI disks I
bought used).
I'd rather follow the data destruction the US military is reported to
use for disks that at some point have may been tainted by secret data:
1. run disk wiping tool, writing several patterns in several cycles,
2. smash disk with big sledge hammers,
3. mix disk remains with liberal amounts of thermite,
4. ignite,
5. smash slag with sledge hammers,
6. if anything remains that can be identified as part of an harddrive,
goto 3,
7. transport remains with armed transport to secure dump facility,
8. let it sit there under the eyes of armed guards until hell freezes
over or nobody even knows that there could once have been data on
these destroyed disks - whatever happens first,
I've no idea if this bears any similarity to fact, but this description
has been circulation for some time ;-)
Regards,
Alex.
--
We're gonna be body guards for teen rock-stars. Wouldn't the cause of freedom
be better served if we killed them instead?
-- Schlock from the ''Schlock Mercenary'' comic strip
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 15:07:25 BST