9Jun/110
How to DoD 5220.22-M secure wipe a disk
If you need to trash a disk its always smart to first erase all your data in a way others cannot recover it easily.
This script is a nice way to wipe it on a DoD 5220.22-M compatible way.
!/bin/sh if [ -z "$1" ] then echo "Usage: $0 ad1" exit fi doExit() { exit $? } trap doExit SIGINT confirmed=0 for n in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 do if [ -c "/dev/$1" ] then if [ "$confirmed" -eq 0 ] then echo "Erase /dev/$1 ?" read -e confirm fi if [ "$confirm" = "yes" ] then confirmed=1 /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/$1 bs=8b else echo "Be careful!" exit fi else echo "Device not found!" exit fi done




