From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 17:37:26 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 E815C1065671 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D868FC0C for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6SHbOQr066879; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:37:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6B78FBAA3; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:37:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:37:24 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Chris Hastie Message-ID: <20080728173724.GA19106@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080728172304.dk4itqk4aooc80wg@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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 17:37:27 -0000 --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--