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RE: secure disposal of backup tapes
From: "Aditya Deshmukh" <aditya.deshmukh () online gateway strangled net>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:31:44 +0530
Hi I wanted to get some ideas from everyone for secure disposal of DDS/TRAVAN/DLT backup tapes.
Using a hammer on them then cutting the tapes up with sissors.... What is the security level of data that was on them ? Maybe just a plain write with multiple patterns and putting them up on eBay might be enough
How do you burn yours?
Please do *not* burn them they might be toxic ________________________________________________________________________ Delivered using the Free Personal Edition of Mailtraq (www.mailtraq.com)
Current thread:
- secure disposal of backup tapes Murad Talukdar (Nov 22)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes John R. Dennison (Nov 23)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Saqib Ali (Nov 23)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes David Gillett (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Gaddis, Jeremy L. (Nov 23)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Aditya Deshmukh (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Jacob Bresciani (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Ryan Chow (Nov 28)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Corey Watts-Jones (Nov 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Steven Jones (Nov 23)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Glenn English (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Jacob Bresciani (Nov 25)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes oystein (Nov 24)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Glenn English (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes murad (Nov 24)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes Neksus (Nov 24)
- RE: secure disposal of backup tapes Beauford, Jason (Nov 24)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: secure disposal of backup tapes John R. Dennison (Nov 23)