[AusNOG] disposal of equipment

[Tim March]

I typically boot from a livecd/usb and point `shred` at the block device
to run a multi-pass overwrite and erase. Realistically, this process is
almost always enough.

If you want to be way paranoid for the sake of being way paranoid and
spend a bunch of time doing it then pull the disks and put them in a
drill press.

The relevant standard is NIST 800-88 'Media Sanitisation Procedures',
which suggests a single pass overwrite is typically sufficient, though.




T.

On 10/02/14 11:22 AM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker wrote:
> Hi
> 
> So there are programs for wiping hard drives, but what about flash drives in networking devices (or inbuilt storage)  is a simple del of files acceptable or writing over the file with ?
> 
> What process are people using to clean their equipment before selling
> 
> Alex
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