CentOS - Apr 2018 - What is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing harddisks?

Hello,


On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 10:01:56 -0400 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> > Good evening from Singapore!
> >
> > The foremost question which I want to ask is, what is the universal
> > (world wide) understanding behind degaussing hard drives?
> >
> > I work for No Secrets Agency (NSA) Pte Ltd (fictitious company name
> > used). My sales manager Edward Joseph Snowden (fictitious individual
> > name used) had *promised* our customer Leave Me in the Lurch (S) Pte
> > Ltd (fictitious company name used) that we would "DEGAUSS"
their hard
> > disks after the PC replacement and data migration exercise for 15
> > trillion PCs (fictitious number used).
> >
> > PC = Personal Computer, which includes desktops and laptops
> >  
> <snip>
> A little too much other info, and overly eloquent. However, if your
> company told the client that you were going to deGauss all the h/d,
that's
> what you need to do, contractually.
> 
> If they've had a second discussion, and only want the data deleted,
that's
> another story.
> 
> Is the data on a different partition than the o/s (i.e., /data? If so, you
> can easily wipe the data, using say, shred, or DBAN (which offers both
> 3-pass and the full 7-pass DoD 5220.22-M). If it's in the same
partition,
> and the same filesystem, you've got other issues. How do you
*guarantee*
> that there's no user data - say, installed third-party software mixed
with
> the o/s?
> 
> Note that you really do have to make any third-party software, if it's
> commercial, Go Away.
Note that the original message has also been sent to the fedora users
mailing list, no doubt it's spam now.


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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On 02/04/18 15:09, wwp wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 10:01:56 -0400 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> 
>> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
>>> Good evening from Singapore!
>>>
>>> The foremost question which I want to ask is, what is the universal
>>> (world wide) understanding behind degaussing hard drives?
>>>
>>> I work for No Secrets Agency (NSA) Pte Ltd (fictitious company name
>>> used). My sales manager Edward Joseph Snowden (fictitious
individual
>>> name used) had *promised* our customer Leave Me in the Lurch (S)
Pte
>>> Ltd (fictitious company name used) that we would
"DEGAUSS" their hard
>>> disks after the PC replacement and data migration exercise for 15
>>> trillion PCs (fictitious number used).
>>>
>>> PC = Personal Computer, which includes desktops and laptops
>>>  
>> <snip>
>> A little too much other info, and overly eloquent. However, if your
>> company told the client that you were going to deGauss all the h/d,
that's
>> what you need to do, contractually.
>>
>> If they've had a second discussion, and only want the data deleted,
that's
>> another story.
>>
>> Is the data on a different partition than the o/s (i.e., /data? If so,
you
>> can easily wipe the data, using say, shred, or DBAN (which offers both
>> 3-pass and the full 7-pass DoD 5220.22-M). If it's in the same
partition,
>> and the same filesystem, you've got other issues. How do you
*guarantee*
>> that there's no user data - say, installed third-party software
mixed with
>> the o/s?
>>
>> Note that you really do have to make any third-party software, if
it's
>> commercial, Go Away.
> 
> Note that the original message has also been sent to the fedora users
> mailing list, no doubt it's spam now.
this message turned up on ubuntu users as well.

Cheers,

  Phil.

-- 
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Pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey,
Human kindness - is overflowing,
And I think it's going to rain.........today

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On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 05:29:13PM +0100, Phil Dobbin
wrote:
> On 02/04/18 15:09, wwp wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 10:01:56 -0400 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> > 
> >> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> >>> Good evening from Singapore!
> >>>
> >>> The foremost question which I want to ask is, what is the
universal
> >>> (world wide) understanding behind degaussing hard drives?
> >>>
> >>> I work for No Secrets Agency (NSA) Pte Ltd (fictitious company
name
> >>> used). My sales manager Edward Joseph Snowden (fictitious
individual
> >>> name used) had *promised* our customer Leave Me in the Lurch
(S) Pte
> >>> Ltd (fictitious company name used) that we would
"DEGAUSS" their hard
> >>> disks after the PC replacement and data migration exercise for
15
> >>> trillion PCs (fictitious number used).
> >>>
> >>> PC = Personal Computer, which includes desktops and laptops
> >>>  
> >> <snip>
> >> A little too much other info, and overly eloquent. However, if
your
> >> company told the client that you were going to deGauss all the
h/d, that's
> >> what you need to do, contractually.
> >>
> >> If they've had a second discussion, and only want the data
deleted, that's
> >> another story.
> >>
> >> Is the data on a different partition than the o/s (i.e., /data? If
so, you
> >> can easily wipe the data, using say, shred, or DBAN (which offers
both
> >> 3-pass and the full 7-pass DoD 5220.22-M). If it's in the same
partition,
> >> and the same filesystem, you've got other issues. How do you
*guarantee*
> >> that there's no user data - say, installed third-party
software mixed with
> >> the o/s?
> >>
> >> Note that you really do have to make any third-party software, if
it's
> >> commercial, Go Away.
> > 
> > Note that the original message has also been sent to the fedora users
> > mailing list, no doubt it's spam now.
> 
> this message turned up on ubuntu users as well.
which explains why I'm NOT going to view the attached file. You neer
know what is in it.


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