Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Wiping Data with Linux

I am trouble finding ones that work with Reiser, ext3 or ext4. Most of the
ones that I have seen work only with ext2.

Roy

2009/11/27 Jeff <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com>

>
>
> Blackberry, so sorry for the top post.... As has been mentioned you want a
> DoD high level wipe... There are various DoD standards depending on how
> sensitive the data is on a given drive.
>
> I've always used the Boot and Nuke disk images to wipe both extra hard
> disks and older computers.
>
> Boot and nuke is a bootable image from either floppy or usb drive and is
> Linux based. I don't remember exactly but I want to say its Debian based.
>
> In any case, that and many other tools are easily found via google and
> there are a LOT of them out there...
>
> Just one thing to remember though... A full on wipe can take a day or more
> to complete depending on what level wipe you use and how big the drive is.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> Arrgh! Blasted from me CrackBarrrrry!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com <linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>>
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:43:49
> To: <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Wiping Data with Linux
>
> Do I do it from the commandline or use gparted? I have a cable for
> attaching
> the drives via usb.
>
> Roy
>
> 2009/11/27 Allen Schultz <allen.schultz@gmail.com<allen.schultz%40gmail.com>>
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> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com<linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>
> <linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > >> I have some old hard drives to get rid of but first want to wipe them
> > >> clean. I keep on hearing reports of them ending up in Africa where
> data
> > >> mining and identity theft is occurring. What is the best way to go
> about
> > >> this with Linux?
> >
> > What you are wanting to do is at least a Department of Defense
> > Standard 7-Pass Wipe. What this does is writing to each block of data
> > the following pattern in order.
> >
> > 1. All zeroes.
> > 2. All ones.
> > 3. 0101...
> > 4. Random
> > 5. 1010...
> > 6. All ones.
> > 7. All zeroes.
> >
> > Not entirely sure about which order 3-5 are, but those 7 are
> > essentially done. Now, what tools are used to do this in Linux, I do
> > not know.
> >
> > Allen S.
> >
> >
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