From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 17:12:43 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 96561106566B for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 410238FC1E for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so3381576pyb.10 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:12:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:in-reply-to:x-mailer :subject:content-transfer-encoding:references:message-id :content-type:mime-version:date:cc; bh=F4sRiNW3D8TXg2x1YkIMzeTJ0QJUqdyeuJHcJN+ASBA=; b=F0R/iOCb9h8ggITkMp1I6jewcrK3qK7x/gLOeYgy/KZh5EQKdZhrGznLJLRUKUbACz 6KLtTzeqUKTgx18TqiQOhQvbE8uq4VF2QjXDUKZ7HQB98Bunp5XZ40WEqovYg4/9XliE lQaE1Sbw1JbveqDxpgO5qVdwLXa2DSm7Ig0IQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:in-reply-to:x-mailer:subject:content-transfer-encoding :references:message-id:content-type:mime-version:date:cc; b=ZomNPkR5qLHqgtMVNb9zjihmD6YKAvgij3jbAcR96fwmP0hg8VTrHfNwAgXes0p0L8 NVdeGDs08Zybm9ryskJH8V6HlCMm9upQZErLEKCaUjOXNXyvGVBF3PkKMzz4ndrLuY/0 +j+Du6E2buIvO4nxjoZVrW6cUUtqmRhOy2EPo= Received: by 10.64.242.5 with SMTP id p5mr10141300qbh.5.1217265162488; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.57.55.224? ( [32.148.60.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f77sm3500580pyh.15.2008.07.28.10.12.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:12:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Chris Hastie In-Reply-To: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (4A102) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 4A102) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12:25 -0500 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: 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 17:12:43 -0000 On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:23, Chris Hastie wrote: > 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 Is there anyone onsite that you could trust to run DBAN (Derik's Boot And Nuke)? Andrew