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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:40 PM
> To: Steve Bertrand
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Andrew Falanga
> Subject: Re: Wipe a drive clean
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:36:35 -0600
> "Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >> I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I
>> >
>> > Have a look at security/wipe.
>>
>> Before reading this, yes I did.
2008/6/23 Andrew Falanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> I'm not sure about flash memory, but for a harddrive, simple writing 0's
>> is not a secure way to delete data. It can still be recovered.
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> Actually, this is for an expe
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:36:35 -0600
"Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I
> >
> > Have a look at security/wipe.
>
> Before reading this, yes I did. In fact, I even installed it.
> However, the first operation appears to be a rena
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>> I'm having no luck finding hits for "wipe drive" or "zero drive" in
>>> the mail list archives and I can't believe I'm the first to ask this
>>> question but here it is anyway. How can I simply write 0's across a
>>> USB thumb drive? I'd rather not install a port, if I
I'm having no luck finding hits for "wipe drive" or "zero drive" in
the mail list archives and I can't believe I'm the first to ask this
question but here it is anyway. How can I simply write 0's across a
USB thumb drive? I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I
was thinking that som
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure about flash memory, but for a harddrive, simple writing 0's
> is not a secure way to delete data. It can still be recovered.
Actually, this is for an experiment that I want to start with a
"clean" device for.
In response to Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Note that wiping flash drives way will
> shorten the lifespan of the device.
This statement is largely obsolete. Modern flash has rewrite cycles
that often exceed traditional platter-based disks.
--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 01:57:47PM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having no luck finding hits for "wipe drive" or "zero drive" in
> the mail list archives and I can't believe I'm the first to ask this
> question but here it is anyway. How can I simply write 0's across a
> USB thumb dr
Andrew Falanga wrote:
Hi,
I'm having no luck finding hits for "wipe drive" or "zero drive" in
the mail list archives and I can't believe I'm the first to ask this
question but here it is anyway. How can I simply write 0's across a
USB thumb drive? I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid
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