Re: database decommission checklist

From: Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:55:41 +0100
Message-ID: <713d96d10906300655g1e8e150gc100240acb9ba39a_at_mail.gmail.com>

You really think one write to a disk is enough - Well so long as you aren't Dexter or Madoff!

2009/6/30 QuijadaReina, Julio C <QuijadJC_at_alfredstate.edu>

> On Linux, you can use a tool called ‘shred’. It will repeatedly write 25
> times over on the disk. Make it a little harder to recover data if that is
> your intent.
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> Julio
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Bobak, Mark
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 5:40 PM
> *To:* Brandon.Allen_at_OneNeck.com; dcowles_at_us.ibm.com;
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> *Subject:* RE: database decommission checklist
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> And, might I add, when it comes to wiping the disk, one good wipe is all it
> takes, contrary to what government standards say…..
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> I challenge anyone to recover data from a disk after a single pass of:
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> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd0
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> You do that, the data is gone, and it’s not coming back….
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> -Mark
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Allen, Brandon
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 4:42 PM
> *To:* dcowles_at_us.ibm.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> *Subject:* RE: database decommission checklist
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> I would just add wiping the disk, or taking a sledgehammer to it if it’s
> really sensitive data and you’ll be decommissioning the hardware too, and
> then other little things like updating documentation and maybe any clients,
> e.g. tnsnames.ora files, that need to be updated.
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> Regards,
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> Brandon
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