Re: [edlug] Disk Wiping on SPARC platform

[James McDonald <james.mcdonald@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On 1 Jun 2009, at 16:38, Robert McLay wrote:

> The usual method (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1) is
> apparently not secure enough for this server.

Hi Rab,

Could you use shred from GNU coreutils? It's not fast but it does the  
job. If you have a compiler available you could build it; if not, you  
can get a binary package of coreutils (assuming you're running  
Solaris) from http://www.sunfreeware.com/.

Bear in mind that if you're running off the hard disk then nothing  
will work once the shredding is finished. You might consider booting  
from an OS install CD (Linux or Solaris) to avoid problems.

You could always use dd if=/dev/random. How many lifetimes do you  
have? ;)

Cheers,
James

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