Paul Heinlein <heinlein@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
>
>> Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
>> fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
>
>My policies are work are simple:
>
> 1. Re-use by same employee: stick with filesystem tools.
> 2. Re-use within company: single-pass zeroing of disk.
> 3. Retirement of asset: three-pass of random bits.
>
>I've never seen the need for a seven-pass randomization. If pressed,
>I'd probably agree that a one-pass zeroing is good enough for just
>about any situation. Asset retirement isn't a time-sensitive task,
>however, so I always use a three-pass randomization before it heads
>out the door.
You all realize that dban only offers 3 passes, unless you pay for it, right? DBAN is easy, that's why I recommended it.
A fairly simple solution is
dd if=/dev/zero (or urandom) of=/dev/(device)
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