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From: lavi!wyle@relay.eu.net (Mitchell Wyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Securely scrubbing Sun fileserver disk
Keywords: Software
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Date: 20 Dec 89 07:43:45 GMT
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In article <3846@brazos.Rice.edu> Murky@cup.portal.com writes:
>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 219, message 5 of 8
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>I need to bring a fileserver which has classified info on it out of the
>secure area.  In order to do this, the disk must be scrubbed of all data
>according to DoD guidelines.  I know Sun sells software to do this but
>management is balking at paying the $1000 Sun wants for the capability
>which will only be used once.  I am looking for alternative ways (read
>cheaper) of doing this.  Any pointers to PD software or possibly manual
>procedures which can do the trick?

Murky,

Even if a PD system meets or exceeds the DoD spec, it won't be approved
(verified).  Buy the Sun software, or rent it from a 3rd party.  I suspect
that some old diag software which writes specific bit patterns to the disk
in order to test it would meet the spec, but I wouldn't bet a security
violation on it.