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| 1165194 | 2010-12-28 05:58:00 | I have the above linux along with 9.10 and 10.10 ubuntu. Does anyone know if these come as-is with any sort of secure deletion software that includes the gutmann method?!? | PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 1165195 | 2010-12-28 06:09:00 | From memory "Wipe" on Backtrack should be able to do what you want. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 1165196 | 2010-12-28 06:11:00 | No idea, but you can probably install a program to do it if you want. However, I would suggest DBAN (Darik's boot-and-nuke) instead - if you want to wipe an entire drive. Does several methods, I'm pretty sure Gutmann was one of them. According to this though: en.wikipedia.org Gutmann is not really any use unless you are wiping an MFM/RLL drive. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165197 | 2010-12-28 23:36:00 | read the FAQ I did a few years back.... pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 1165198 | 2010-12-29 00:47:00 | Note that if you use a journalling filesystem, it's quite possible that there may still be data in the swap area of your filesystem - unless you're wiping the entire drive, you should be sure to use software that understands the journalling mode of whatever filesystem you use, and how to safely clear data from that area. If you're using any kind of COW or snapshotting filesystem, then this applies even more, as these will often keep partial or entire copies of files in multiple locations on the disk - simply overwriting the 'current' file isn't enough to properly get rid of it. Finally - why do you care about using the Gutmann method to wipe? In almost all cases, simply overwriting the sectors in question is more than enough, and for all intents and purposes data overwritten this way cannot be recovered. Unless you're expecting someone to spend six or seven figures to recover your data, anything more than a once-over is unnecessary overkill. Gutmann is also considered a tad obsolete these days... it was designed with very old disks in mind, and a lot of the conditions it addresses are no longer relevant. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1165199 | 2010-12-29 23:29:00 | Well I was looking at using the inbuilt secure erase via the CMRR disk and then gutmann. DBAN didnt work and nor did the UBCD -- I think theres something wrong with the hdd as it is. Thanks storm. will look into it. Thanks everyone else for the contributions. |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 1165200 | 2010-12-30 01:58:00 | Why did DBAN not work? You could also try HDAT2 - that will wipe drives but not only that will tell you if anything is faulty. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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