In the UK there is a secure way to destroy a HDD - put it in a parcel marked
'fragile' and post it. Not much survives the care and attention of the
British Post Office. :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Spehro Pefhany
Sent: 17 December 2004 05:30
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Hard drive secure eraser

At 11:36 PM 12/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>if you want to be DoD level 2 secure, there's a procedure to erase
securely.
>level 3 is sending drive through a chipper after level 2 erasure.  
>(look up DoD secure wiping tool on google, or the DoD secure wipe 
>spec's)
>
>andrew

Not having access to such a "chipper" (or to my preference, which would be a
cement kiln), I just hang onto every hard drive forever. They all fit nicely
into a small box. I have ones marked that are from other sources such that
can be disposed of without worry or fear.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the
reward"
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