[TriLUG] Disk Wipers

[Craig Taylor]

Shred appears to be a file based mechanism for this ... I'm looking for a
whole disk 'shredder' which from searching seem fewer and further between.
(Does anyone know if shred /dev/hdaXX would work?)

- Craig Taylor

On 8/19/07, Douglas Ward <dward at nccumc.org> wrote:
>
> I use shred with great success.
>
> On 8/19/07, Craig Taylor <ctalkobt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What disk 'wipe' programs are available for linux that can be run from
> the
> > command line on a drive volume? [[ I'm wanting to do it from the command
> > line so that once the drives are auto-detected / plugged in the wipe can
> > be
> > started. They'll be hooked up through ata to usb converters so that > 4
> > drives can be handled at any given time. ]]
> >
> > I'm thinking 'dd if=/dev/rand' multiple times might be sufficient but I
> do
> > want to maintain what they're currently using ( supposedly dod complient
> 3
> > pass - dban 'Derek's Boot & Nuke).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Craig Taylor
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