It is REQUIRED / Mandatory to physically destroy any media with top secret info!!!
DOD states....via "incinerator or sledge hammer" -----Original Message----- From: Bailey Kong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:38 PM To: John Daniele; Bassam ALHUSSEIN Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dan Williamson Subject: Re: Disk Wiping Utilities if indeed there is topsecret data on the hard drive, i personally wouldn't even risk trying to erase the HD, i would simply open it up and throw all of it in the campfire the next time i go camping or make a special trip. sure its another $100 for a new HD depending on size, but confidenciality is far more important my two cents Bailey ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Daniele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bassam ALHUSSEIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Disk Wiping Utilities > > This topic had been discussed at great length in a previous thread - > unclassified disk sanitizers; to sum it up, no a simple format will not > ensure that data cannot be recovered. What is needed is a tool that will > overwrite every physical sector of a drive with data, from the very start > to the very, very end. 'dd' will do the job just fine. However, with any > tool that you use, be careful of BIOS translation errors and verify that > the last sector of the drive had been wiped using a disk editor, > preferably with a verification system seperate from the one used to do the > wipe. > > However, since the original person who asked the question works for > government, depending on the classification of the data he wishes to > destroy, this may or may not be adequate enough. Drives that house data > classified as Top Secret are generally destroyed in house. > > > _________________________________________ > John Daniele > Technical Security & Intelligence > Toronto, ON > Voice: (416) 605-2041 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.tsintel.com > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Bassam ALHUSSEIN wrote: > > > I am not sure but I thought that a format then fdisk would do the job > > ....wouldn't it ??? > > correct me guys ..plz > > > > Bisso > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dan Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:14 AM > > Subject: Disk Wiping Utilities > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am looking for a good utility to erase all hard drives > > > in a machine to a DOD standard. I would prefer a > > > FREE utility as this is a government agency and I try > > > to keep costs down. > > > > > > I have read that Norton Wipeinfo, BCWipe and > > > several other programs wipe only the known > > > partitions. I need a tool that will wipe EVERYTHING ! > > > > > > TIA > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
