Re: New Data Wipe Tools

[Brendan Murray <brendan () wolfhoundsecurity com>]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 12:10, Thomas C. Greene wrote:
> I've created a few simple shell scripts that use /dev/urandom to wipe data 
> from the swap partition, wipe unused disk space on the root partition, or 
> wipe an entire disk.  You'll find them at http://basicsec.org/tools.html.
>
> Data hygiene is generally easier on *nix because there are fewer hiding places 
> than on a Windows system, but there are no free wipe tools that i'm aware of.  
> So I got busy.

DBAN is a nice little tool to wipe disks. Not so good for cleaning up
mem or slack space though, or not so I'd noticed.

"Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that
securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically
and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect,
which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data
destruction."

http://dban.sourceforge.net

 
> This is not a perfect solution, but it's a step.  I'd be delighted to knows 
> from fellow list members what I might do to improve them.  The scripts are 
> freely available and freely modifyable (is "modifyable" a legitimate word?) 

I think modifiable is.
> PS: See the README file for cautions, exceptions, and caveats.
>
> thanks,
> --tcg
>
> ===============
> Thomas C. Greene
> Associate Editor
> The Register
> http://www.theregister.co.uk
> http://basicsec.org
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