From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 15:17:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E22516A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:17:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB7743D49 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:17:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BDE9020013E6 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:17:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 93036200144E for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:17:19 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050120151719602.93036200144E@mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:17:19 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1792034180.20050120161719@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050120151005.GA99300@gravitas.thebunker.net> References: <200501200929.j0K9TXbl022106@mp.cs.niu.edu> <41EF92A2.30506@incubus.de> <20050120130838.K768@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> <41EFB860.1030606@locolomo.org> <20050120145658.E2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> <20050120151005.GA99300@gravitas.thebunker.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:17:21 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: MS> If your drive contains or once contained military secrets, then in the MS> USA and probably anywhere in the West, standard disposal procedure is MS> that the drive be completely overwritten with specific patterns of MS> random data several times, and then taken to a secure facility where MS> the whole thing is literally stamped flat and chewed into small lumps MS> of scrap. Assuming one doesn't have the resources to do this, what might one do to secure disk drives before disposal. I've thought of opening them up and scratching the platters or chopping them into pieces (not sure how hard this might be to do), or something. Home incineration isn't very practical, nor are machines that can chop metallic platters into confetti. Also, is there anything like a bulk degausser for disk platters (after removal from the drives)? Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I saw a tape degausser, and I still am not quite sure what to do with old backup tapes that are unreadable but still filled with backup data. -- Anthony