RE: secure disposal of backup tapes

["Quark IT - Hilton Travis" <Hilton () quarkit com au>]

Hi Murad,

There's a figurative sense of "burn"?  You mean put them in a car and do
burn outs?  I think you meant burn as in burn, and that's what I'd also
recommend - I wouldn't recommend burning 'em in an enclosed space
because the deliberate concentration and inhalation of the smoke
produced may be harmful or fatal (to paraphrase a spray paint can).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: murad [mailto:talukdar_m () subway com] 
> Sent: Friday, 25 November 2005 08:32
> To: adityad2005 () users sourceforge net
> Cc: Security-Basics@Lists. Securityfocus. Com
> Subject: Re: secure disposal of backup tapes
>
> Sorry, I meant burn in the figurative sense! The tape is 
> damaged-can't write to it but I can read from it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aditya Deshmukh <aditya.deshmukh () online gateway strangled net>
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:31:44 
> To:"'Murad Talukdar'" <talukdar_m () subway com>,       
> security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: secure disposal of backup tapes
>
> > 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 
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Murad Talukdar
> Senior Computer Operator
> Subway Systems Australia