Shredder?

[Phil Thayer]

And another one...

 

http://www.franklinmiller.com/electronics-shredding.htm

 

In 1994 I worked at an IBM facility that hosted the data center for
Equifax.  Once a month they had a truck that would pull into the loading
dock and they would bring out carts of old tape cartridges.  They would
fire up what was essentially a giant wood chipper in the back of the
truck and throw the tape cartridges in it one at a time.  It would grind
them up and spit them into the of the truck.  When they closed the back
door, it simply looked like any other 18-wheeler on the road.  Very cool
to watch.

 

From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf
Of Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:27 PM
To: KCLUG
Subject: RE: Shredder?

 

There are industrial shredders that WILL shred anything.  There is a
company, that frequently shows up on Discovery channel, that makes all
sizes of industrial shredders.   They go as big as one that shreds cars
down to shredding trash which includes 2x4s and cans.

 

http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/watch-en.htm

http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/hard_drives.htm

 

Brian Kelsay

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From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf
Of Sean Crago
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:18 PM
To: KCLUG
Subject: Shredder?

>I can't figure out why the government just doesn't remove the hard
drives
>and send them to a shredder.  Even a private individual can achieve
roughly
>the same level of security with a drill and a 1/2" drill bit. With the
price
>of drives being what they are now it can't impact very much the resale
value
>of the computer to sell it without a drive installed.

Shredders don't like metal, but there are things that'll make quick work
of a drive:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html

The Air Force seemed to think a 1-2 punch was in order, according to
Cryptome: "2.5. Destruction. It is a good practice to sanitize media
before submitting it for destruction. Media may generally be destroyed
by one of the following methods (see Table 2.1). (NOTE: Although
approved methods, options d and e use acid, which is dangerous and
excessive, to remove recording surfaces. Options a, b, and c are
recommended over d and e.) "
http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/afssi5020.htm

-Sean

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