[TriLUG] disk data destruction

[Morris Walton]

Thanks for all of the input!  I don't know if it was mentioned here, but
I also came across:

http://www.hungrycats.org/~zblaxell/projects/randstream/randstream.html

which seems to be relatively fast.

Thanks,

Morris


> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On
Behalf
> Of Roy Vestal
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:48 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] disk data destruction
> 
> I use BCWipe www.jetico.com it's free to individuals and $25.00 per
> license
> for corps. It does a DoD 7 pass and is validated and verified by the
USDoD
> and the Finland gov. (where jetico resides).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Morris Walton" <mwalton at nc.rr.com>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:44 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] disk data destruction
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am migrating/merging three old drives into one new one and will
> > attempt to sell my old drives.  I want to destroy the data on the
old
> > drives more thoroughly than just doing a re-partition.  What utility
> > would you recommend?
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Morris
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Jon Carnes
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:56 AM
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] disk partitioning
> > >
> > > Red Hat went the way of simplicity.  An experienced admin will
> > partition
> > > the disk themselves, and inexperienced user will simply not want
to
> > deal
> > > with having separate volumes (or they will partition it
themselves).
> > >
> > > Kudo's to RedHat for making it easier on Newbies.
> > >
> > > One big partition will not be slower, but it is less "secure".  As
an
> > > example, your "/tmp" directory is on the big "/" and that
directory is
> > > wide-open to being written to.  If someone with external access to
> > your
> > > box decides to hose you, they can simply write a ton of small file
to
> > > your "/tmp" directory.  This will eat up all the space on your
drive
> > as
> > > well as all the inodes.
> > >
> > > On a workstation that may not be a big deal to you - especially if
you
> > > don't run any daemon's like ftp or apache.  I recommend though
that
> > you
> > > do have a separate /home directory (or a /backup directory).  At
some
> > > point in the lifespan of that hard drive you will want to upgrade
the
> > > distribution.  When that happens, you will find it easier to
> > > install/backup if everything you want to preserve is in a separate
> > > volume.
> > >
> > > Good Luck - Jon Carnes
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 10:34, Morris Walton wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I just installed RH8, using a new 120G hd.  I accepted the
default
> > > > partitioning scheme, which basically just uses /boot, /, and
swap.
> > "/"
> > > > has the bulk of the space.  I was wondering if there is a shift
in
> > > > philosophy in using less partitions than before as I remember RH
> > > > recommending more partitions in older versions.  Will the one
big
> > > > partition be slower?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Morris
> > >
> > >
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