My information may be a bit old, but as far as I'm aware the NSA still
physically destroys drives onsite using both mechanical means, and
then melting the drives in a special purpose furnace. That was
current as of 2001 I believe.

Cheers,

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Tremaine Lea
Network Security Consultant
Intrepid ACL
"Paranoia for hire"

On 27-Mar-08, at 1:20 PM, postmaster wrote:
> It's a wonderful way to say "good luck in your new job"?
>
> The CCEVS approved UniShred Pro http://niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/st/index.cfm/vid/6001
> at EAL 1.
> I think the only "approved" process for hard drive wiping by the
> "NSA" is catastrophic EMP magnetization of the drive. Yes I read
> that the NSA approved bcwipe, but that's dod standards, internally I
> don't think they allow anything but complete destruction before
> letting a hard drive leave the building.
>
> Your site, if dealing with NSA information will have a policy in
> place for file and hard drive deletion. Rather than going out on
> your own, you should probably talk to your point of contact.
>
> Personally I use eraser with Guttman settings and disk nuke on
> random infinite wipe and let it run for the week. I seriously doubt
> that won't stop anyone without a multi million dollar budget and a
> serious interest in my data.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> John Syers wrote:
>> Okay, I gotta ask: why would you want to remotely wipe a hard drive?
>>
>> js
>> 3
>>
>> JP Vicente wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is there a way of wiping a hard drive remotely over a network
>>> using an
>>> approved DoD 5200.28 standard hard drive wiping tool.
>>> Additionally, is
>>> there a wiping utility besides bcwipe that is NSA approved?
>>>
>>> JP
>>>
>>

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