Re: wipe utilities

From: sgtphou (sgtphou@fire-eyes.yi.org)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 13:26:40 PDT

  • Next message: Grayson, David (Australia): "RE: wipe utilities"

    I use 'srm' myself, i think its in the secure deletion toolkit. I BELIVE
    it can do any file system the kernel can. Picking hex chars could be done
    my modifying source or coding in hex selectivity. Closest i can come. Oh
    and btw it does 37 wipes.
    
    On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Darren Welch wrote:
    
    > I am looking to draft a corporate policy requiring all hard drives to be wiped before being decommissioned, sold, donated, etc.
    >
    >  The wipe utility must be able to make numerous (up to seven) uninterrupted passes and support a wide array of file systems (fat, ntfs, etc).
    >
    > Also, the software must support the ability to assign a particular hex character as the wipe character.
    >
    > Could anyone recommend some products? I currently use wiper for my forensic investigations and am very happy with that but I want to provide our IT group with several other acceptable options.
    >
    > Thanks, D
    >
    >
    



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