wwp
2018-Apr-02 14:09 UTC
[CentOS] 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20180402/ef4796da/attachment-0001.sig>
Phil Dobbin
2018-Apr-02 16:29 UTC
[CentOS] What is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing harddisks?
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. -- Broken windows and empty hallways, Pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey, Human kindness - is overflowing, And I think it's going to rain.........today -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20180402/514c019b/attachment-0001.sig>
Fred Smith
2018-Apr-02 17:56 UTC
[CentOS] What is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing harddisks?
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. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------
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