RE: DoD aproved disk wiping tool

["Arbogast, Paul (Citco)" <PArbogast () citco com>]

At a company I used to work for we used Wipedrive
http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php

It is DoD compliant and I believe one of there top customers is the
department of homeland security. 



-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Kevin Ortloff
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:51 PM
To: JP Vicente; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: DoD aproved disk wiping tool

Something to consider...... Wiping a hard drive with multiple passovers
can cause lose of life to the drive. Not to mention the heat damage that
can occur.

At my company, I've managed to work out a deal with a local company that
shreds the drives completely. This by far is the safest way to remove
data and decom a hard drive ( and the drive doesn't even have to work :)
)

Just a suggestion......

 

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of JP Vicente
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:32 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: DoD aproved disk wiping tool

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


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