Re: DoD aproved disk wiping tool

[postmaster <postmaster () impole com>]

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
> >