From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 16:41:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61BC51065679 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:41:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@oak-wood.co.uk) Received: from ash.oak-wood.co.uk (ash.oak-wood.co.uk [62.3.200.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC818FC1D for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:41:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@oak-wood.co.uk) Received: by ash.oak-wood.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 80) id 215CCBC0AA; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:23:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from host213-106-252-209.no-dns-yet.ntli.net (host213-106-252-209.no-dns-yet.ntli.net [213.106.252.209]) by imp.oak-wood.co.uk (Horde) with HTTP for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:04 +0100 Message-ID: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:04 +0100 From: Chris Hastie To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.1) Subject: Cleaning data off a remote machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:41:32 -0000 I'm about to give up a FreeBSD dedicated server and would like to make sure I don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the best way to remove all data from the hard drive? I have no problem if this removes the OS along the way, but ideally I would like to be able to do what ever I do from an SSH session. If there's no alternative I can arange KVMoIP console access. Thanks -- Chris Hastie