Re: DoD aproved disk wiping tool

[Tremaine Lea <tremaine () gmail com>]

My information may be a bit old, but as far as I'm aware the NSA still  
physically destroys drives onsite using both mechanical means, and  
then melting the drives in a special purpose furnace.  That was  
current as of 2001 I believe.

Cheers,

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Tremaine Lea
Network Security Consultant
Intrepid ACL
"Paranoia for hire"



On 27-Mar-08, at 1:20 PM, postmaster wrote:
> It's a wonderful way to say "good luck in your new job"?
>
> The CCEVS approved UniShred Pro http://niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/st/index.cfm/vid/6001 
>  at EAL 1.
> I think the only "approved" process for hard drive wiping by the  
> "NSA" is catastrophic EMP magnetization of the drive. Yes I read  
> that the NSA approved bcwipe, but that's dod standards, internally I  
> don't think they allow anything but complete destruction before  
> letting a hard drive leave the building.
>
> Your site, if dealing with NSA information will have a policy in  
> place for file and hard drive deletion. Rather than going out on  
> your own, you should probably talk to your point of contact.
>
> Personally I use eraser with Guttman settings and disk nuke on  
> random infinite wipe and let it run for the week. I seriously doubt  
> that won't stop anyone without a multi million dollar budget and a  
> serious interest in my data.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> John Syers wrote:
> > Okay, I gotta ask:  why would you want to remotely wipe a hard drive?
> >
> > js
> > 3
> >
> > JP Vicente wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is there a way of wiping a hard drive remotely over a network  
> > > using an
> > > approved DoD 5200.28 standard hard drive wiping tool.  
> > > Additionally, is
> > > there a wiping utility besides bcwipe that is NSA approved?
> > >
> > > JP