Re: HD memory wiper/shredder

[Shawn Parker <shawn.parker () cumulus com>]

mutilate is pretty good
http://home.att.net/~craigchr/mutilate.html

linux has wipe and bcwipe and probably dozens of other good utilities.

Shawn Parker
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Jason Prespolis wrote:
> Clean the hard drive before dumping your PC
>
> If you don't know much about computers, this might be easier than Step
> 2. There are several programs that write gibberish to the hard drive.
> They promise that nobody will be able to find your files after the
> software is utilized.
>
> PC Inspector's (www.pcinspector.de) e-maxx meets U.S. military
> standards. 
> Another good program is DriveScrubber ($29.95), from Iolo Technologies
> (www.iolo.com). 
> If you have a Mac, try SuperScrubber (www.jiiva.com). It is $30, and
> also meets military specs.
>
> This process can be slow, because these programs write to the disk
> repeatedly. You might want to run itovernight
> http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/issues/technology/security/clean_
> the_hard_drive_before_dumping_your_pc.mspx
>
> East-Tec Sanitizer offers best solution to safely erasing hard disks
> http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6270_11-5217262.html
>  
> Active@ KillDisk
> http://killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kinnell [mailto:kinnell.t () gmail com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:06 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: HD memory wiper/shredder
>
> Hey all.
>
> I recently had a friend ask me if I knew of any real good file
> shredders/wipers.  He wants to be able to securely shred a file used for
> an encryption key after it is no longer needed at that location. 
> I couldn't think of any off of the top of my head but I figured this
> list would be a great place to start.  So does anyone know of a good
> shredder to use for this purpose?  Freeware would be preferred.
>
> thanks,
> Kinnell