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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=456115913-18082009>Note
that if you're going to dd, at least use if=/dev/urandom. Running dd several
(>10) times is best (or using shred(1), which does the
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> linux-il-bounces@cs.huji.ac.il
[mailto:linux-il-bounces@cs.huji.ac.il] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Shachar
Shemesh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Danny
Lieberman<BR><B>Cc:</B> ILUG; geoffrey mendelson<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew
Support<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Danny Lieberman wrote:
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<DIV dir=ltr><BR>3. Use a 10kg hammer. <BR>We have clients that insist
on physical destruction of the data disk after a network
surveillance.<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Do you, at least, FIRST run the dd? I'm
sure you realize that recovering data from a disk that got only the 10KG hammer
is much easier (and cheaper) than recovering data from one that got only the dd
treatment. As an added bonus, you just marked that disk as interesting by
physically destroying it :-)<BR><BR>Personally, I think the best solution for
anyone who cannot afford to physically melt the disk platters is to dd the
entire disk, and THEN GO ON USING IT for another project.<BR><BR>Shachar<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">--
Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</A>
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