Re: Best way to wipe data with AIX ?

From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth_at_UIUC.EDU)
Date: 09/14/05

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    Date:         Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:28:42 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 06:58:56AM -0700, Robert Miller wrote:
    > I always find it amusing (or sad...) when the places that have the least
    > amount of funding (university computing services, for instance) are
    > required to do tasks the most expensive and time-consuming way possible
    > (getting 12 bids and evaluating each on a point system, wiping drives at
    > a milspec level...). I say use a sledgehammer and call it good ;P

    I wish we could, but we loose our jobs for destroying 'state property'. That
    1GB drive is still on the books for $1100.00

    > All hail bureauracracy...

    I'll drink to that, but oh, they can fire me for that too.

    Take a look at bcwipe, I've used it on Linux. They have a fully functional
    evaluation copy: http://www.jetico.com

    cheers,

    bob

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