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- From: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: Wiping disks (SECURITY MEASURE)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.121627.50514@slate.mines.colorado.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 12:16:27 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.164922.22203@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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- richards@beta.lanl.gov (William C. Richards) writes:
- :
- : I work for a US government contractor where the contracting agency requires
- : the wiping, clearing, sanitization (what ever you want to call it) of disks
- : which contain or may contain sensitive information. Is there any utility,
- : shell script, or SW package which would accomplish this?
-
- Yes. I believe it is called the 'shredder.' Probably available near your
- local copy rooms, and some secure rooms. The best thing about shredder is
- that it works real well with paper also !
-
- Oh, and when you're bored, you can turn it on and toss in a penny. I do
- think anything above a penny is illegal to shred. Just a thought...
- (of course, in case it is illegal to shred a penny, I do hereby neither
- confirm nor deny that I have ever used a government or otherwise shredder
- to shred a penny(ies) because I was bored.) Of course, you can pretend
- that you're an NBA player....and, oh, floppies make good friesbies.
-
- But, I've digressed.
-
- Regards,
-
- -Ade.
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