> It recommends using the DataEraser software to do the secure delete.
> The appendix says that the recommended overwrite to satisfy DoD
> requirement is a Triple Pass with 0x00.
IIRC, the GnuPG software overwrites a file 30 times if you tell it to shred.
Could be faulty memory, but that's what I was thinking I remembered.
>
> After that is done, though, you must take the drive into a "suitable
> facility with individuals wearing appropriate safety equipment" and
> physically destroy it. They recommend using a sledgehammer or
> drilling a series of 1/4 in holes through the platters.
>
If I was worried about it, I wouldn't be satisfied with holes drilled into
the platter. That leave sections of the disk where some data could still be
retrieved.
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