I think someone is trying to find the best way to rm a box he hacked :-)

Sent from my hacked iPhone :-)

On Mar 27, 2008, at 7:38 PM, "Steve Armstrong" <stevearmstrong (at) logicallysecure (dot) com [email concealed]
> wrote:

> Although, not to US standards but to UK Government standards check out
> the Directory of assured products -
> http://www.cesg.gov.uk/site/publications/media/directory.pdf
>
> Alternatively look at the Common Criteria data security part of the
> tested products guide -
> http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/products_DP.html#DP
>
> However, I cannot think that a standard that lets you wipe something
> you
> cannot out your hand on would really have high requirements - it seem
> too dangerous - if you get the IP address wrong and how does the
> software run - not from the resident and running OS.
>
> Most wiping software boots from its own writable media, installs its
> own
> OS. They record the size of the drive, confirm the wiping is to occur
> and then wipes the drive. Its clean up processes are to check the
> size
> of the drive again, record the drives unique serial numbers and the
> number of overwrites to a record that can be printed later (from the
> writeable media).
>
> So I cannot see how this can be done securely in a non local
> environment.
>
> HTH
>
> Steve A
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed] [mailto:listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> ]
> On Behalf Of JP Vicente
> Sent: 27 March 2008 13:32
> To: security-basics (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> Subject: DoD aproved disk wiping tool
>
> 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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