From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 00:02:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22CF816A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:02:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791BE43D48 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:02:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id E499928433; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:02:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 455A328423; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:02:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21FB261CE; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:01:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0L01lO1008806; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:01:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:01:47 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Matthew Seaman In-Reply-To: <20050120151005.GA99300@gravitas.thebunker.net> Message-ID: <20050121005940.J2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <200501200929.j0K9TXbl022106@mp.cs.niu.edu> <41EF92A2.30506@incubus.de><41EFB860.1030606@locolomo.org> <20050120151005.GA99300@gravitas.thebunker.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:02:02 -0000 On Jan 20 at 15:10, Matthew Seaman confidently asserted: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 02:59:13PM +0100, Colin J. Raven wrote: > >> I always thought that formatting/fdisk'ing twice completely erased >> *permanently* whatever had been on the disc. You make an interesting >> case that previously I never thought about in any detail. > > If your drive contains or once contained military secrets, then in the > USA and probably anywhere in the West, standard disposal procedure is > that the drive be completely overwritten with specific patterns of > random data several times, and then taken to a secure facility where > the whole thing is literally stamped flat and chewed into small lumps > of scrap. Goodness me, nothing like being completely certain eh? This gives "MilSpec" a whole new (expensive, yet exciting) meaning. Regards, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only One Fri Jan 21 01:01:00 CET 2005 1:01AM up 13:51, 3 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01