Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Thu May 26 2022 16:53:00

  Re: Re: Am I the only one dum
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Spectre on Tue May 24 2022 07:05 am

 >  Most companies don't want to deal with either legal data retention
 >  issues by releasing old hardware, or licensing issues. Realistically,
 >  they'd need to wipe the drives before releasing them.
 > 

There is no consistent way of wiping the drives, actually.

I recently had to replace a bunch of drives with sensitive information in them.
Just as I was trying to wipe one of them I got a SMART error. It turns out the
drive is incapable of performing write operations on a bunch of blocks for some
reason so the files living in them can't be wiped.

Olviously this drive has no longer a re-sell value. Still my point is that you
can't assume you will be able to wipe a drive with sensitive information. This
is the reason why I always recommend using full or pseudo-full disk encryption.
Even if you don't need access security NOW, it will make it safer to get rid of
the drive eventually.


--
gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
 * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138)

.