Wiping Out Data

[Matthew Flaschen]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> Jim Dever wrote:
>> There was a thread by the same name a while back where someone wanted to
>> know the easiest way to wipe out all data on an HD.  DBAN was suggested.
>>
>> Is there a similar utility that would work on USB drives?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> 
> I know i'm a bit late getting to this, but it only occurred to me last 
> night.
> 
> If you want the best security, and instead of agonizing over filesystems 
> , wiping schemes, devices, and ecryption. What if you have a host OS, 
> with an encrypted partition or even file, inside that file is a virtual 
> machine. You use the virtual machine for everything sensitive.

Nothing wrong with that scheme.  However, the encryption and wiping
still need to be secure.

Matt Flaschen