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



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.

> >> If such a udeb exists and the additional option is too much work, could
> >> you please point me to a howto where the handling of udeb-files is
> >> described, so I can unpack it manually.
> >
> > BTW, not a udeb but I did publish instructions on how to use shred
> >
> > http://lackof.org/taggart/hacking/d-i-tricks/#shred


Thanks,

Paul

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