Re: Cisco Sanitization

[John Orthoefer <jco () direwolf com>]

Really the only way to to clean devices with flash is to destroy the flash.   At a very least you'll need to reflash 
them with the current OS.   

Here is a copy of the DOD Guidelines for every thing...
http://it.ouhsc.edu/policies/documents/infosecurity/DoD_5220.pdf

The flash answer is to use something to write to EVERY address, then erase, or just pulverize it.

johno

On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Green, Timothy wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> I'm currently creating a sanitization guide for all my hardware.  When I got to my Cisco devices I noticed there are 
> numerous ways to reset them back to the default and clear the NVRAM.  Does anyone have a guide that includes 
> sanitization information for all Cisco devices(at least switches, routers, IDS's, and ASA 5500 Series) so I don't 
> have to recreate the wheel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim