Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:37:24 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Chris Hastie <lists@oak-wood.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleaning data off a remote machine Message-ID: <20080728173724.GA19106@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> References: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk>
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--EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:23:04PM +0100, Chris Hastie wrote: > I'm about to give up a FreeBSD dedicated server and would like to make su= re I > don't inadvertantly leave any bits of sensitive data on it. What is the b= est > way to remove all data from the hard drive?=20 Remove the harddive and move a seriously strong magnet over it. This will render the drive unreadable and useless, since it will also destroy the servo control data used for locating the tracks. > 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. The security/wipe port comes to mind. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiOA9QACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWQrwCgrDBRF7AAO2gG6MTAL4WqOXVX dOcAnj5DHjqrjU9hri8NL6GqAYZqVY4s =etIM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--
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