Re: [SLUG] Linux-based Data Scrubbers?

[jam@xxxxxxxxx]

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 11:17, slug-request@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On 30 Aug 2006, James Gray <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> So the call goes out - anyone know of anything that will do this?  I
> >> happy to roll-my-own boot CD etc, but I'm turning up blanks for the
> >> data scrubber.  It's pretty simple though (to meet the .jp
> >> requirements):
> >> 1. write a constant pattern to *every* sector on the drive (either 00
> >> or FF)
> >> 2. log the result of #1
> >> 3. celebrate your superiority for erasing the drive.
> >
> > Just curious - where do you log it, if you're running off a boot cd  
> > and
> > just clobbered the drives?  Onto a new partition?
>
> Who the hell knows? :P  The Japanese government wrote the rules and  
> if they're anything like the Aussie parliament, they have narry a  
> clue between all of them about the technicalities this "logging"  
> requirement creates.  I'm not that fussy - for all I care, they can  
> break out the digital camera and photograph the screen!
>
> Seriously though, if it's booting from floppy, write to floppy.  If  
> it's booting from CD, send via e-mail, or write to a floppy, write to  
> a network share?  None of which sound particularly simple to  
> implement given that every network is different and many (most) PC's  
> these days don't come with floppy drives anymore.

A knoppix type solution + scrubber lets you have a complete PC with network 
etc AND scrubbed disks
Also you could make scrub a menu entry ...
James