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Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives



Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 16:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:
> Paul Menzel <pm.debian@googlemail.com> writes:
> 
> > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:
> >> Paul Menzel <pm.debian@googlemail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:
> >> >> Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> writes:
> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily
> >> >> >> valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for use for
> >> >> >> children, where no encryption is needed. They require you to wipe the
> >> >> >> drive. (Ok, they should do it themselves to be on the safe side of
> >> >> >> things, but in reality things are different.)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > BTW something like "Dan's Boot and Nuke" is an option for this case too. 
> >> >> > But like I said in a previous mail it would be convenient if d-i could do 
> >> >> > this as I usually have d-i disks laying around :)
> >> >> 
> >> >> Switch to the second console.
> >> >> 
> >> >> cat </dev/null >/dev/sda
> >> >> 
> >> >> Go get lunch.
> >> >
> >> > Well that is not sufficient. Doing this the date can still be
> >> > reconstructed.
> >> 
> >> There have been multiple challenges to data reconstructing firms to
> >> actualy demonstrate they can reconstruct a disk after a single
> >> overwrite. None of them have been answered ttbom. So your claim
> >> remains theoretical.
> >
> > Interesting. Good to hear that, to be more sceptical towards the
> > propaganda by the recovery companies.
> >
> > It would be interesting if you could post the link to this information.
> 
> I think the last one was on slashdot last year.
> 
> > Strangely that governments have those standards to erase discs several
> > times.
> 
> - Theoretically you can get information back after a single overwrite. 
> - There is a difference between possible and practical/affordable.
> - The companies claim they can do it.
> - Them not taking up the challenge does not proove they can't do
>   it. But it makes me wonder why NONE have tried to grab the publicity
>   winning such a challenge would bring.

What a coincident. I just found this [1].


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/overwriting-hard-drive-data/

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