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Re: Hard Drive data security


From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:38:35 +0200

On 2004-10-05 xyberpix () xyberpix com wrote:
On Tue, 5 October, 2004 9:51 am, Kristján Hreinn Bergsson said:
On 2004-10-04 xyberpix wrote:
In the past I have always used dd on this one, you will need access
to Linux, or a bootable linux distro, any of them will do, knoppix,
phlak, mini-slack, etc.
Then run:

dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/null

Don't you mean:
dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hda

Whoops! My error, yep Kristjan is right.

Nope. What the both of you mean is:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

;)

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
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