Overwrite existing partition with zeros without hurting partition table? (Debian Lenny)
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From: Odd on 7 Mar 2010 14:20 thib wrote: > Just to drop my two cents, since no one did before: Merely zeroing is > not enough [1]. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence And if you see the notes: http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-guttman.html "Since writing the above, I have noticed a comment attributed to Gutmann conceeding that overwritten sectors on "modern" (post 2003?) drives can not be read by the techniques outlined in the 1996 paper, but he does not withdraw the overwrought claims of the paper with respect to older drives." -- Odd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B93F9EB.2030200(a)runbox.no
From: Mark Allums on 7 Mar 2010 19:50 On 3/7/2010 11:27 AM, thib wrote: > Just to drop my two cents, since no one did before: > Merely zeroing is not enough [1]. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence > > If you are re-installing, zeros don't matter (with exception already noted of ReiserFS). If you are decommissioning, there is no substitute for an electric drill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B944806.8060807(a)allums.com
From: thib on 7 Mar 2010 20:10
Mark Allums wrote: > If you are re-installing, zeros don't matter (with exception already > noted of ReiserFS). Of course. > If you are decommissioning, there is no substitute for an electric drill. Well, depends on who you're defending against. -thib -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B944C61.3010305(a)stammed.net |