Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:15:54 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@home.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Secure Deletion Message-ID: <3773FF9A.6775458D@softweyr.com> References: <199906250212.WAA07810@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <19990625204513.4139.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
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Greg Black wrote:
>
> If items 3 and 4 are too extreme for your case, replace them
> with:
>
> 3. newfs the disks and fill them with 0x55 bytes
> 4. repeat step 3, using 0xAA then repeat step 3
Oh good grief! If you're going to use the obliterate program I just
mailed out, be sure to edit lines 82 and 90 and change the byte
values to 0xaa and 0x55, because 0xa and 0x5 aren't going to cut
it. ;^)
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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