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From the nwipe (what this uses) page: >In the current form nwipe does not sanitize solid state drives (hereinafter referred to as SSDs) of any form (SAS / Sata
by upofadown 2y ago
From the nwipe (what this uses) page:
>In the current form nwipe does not sanitize solid state drives (hereinafter referred to as SSDs) of any form (SAS / Sata / NVME) and / or form factor (2.5" / 3.5" / PCI) fully due to their nature: ...
https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
The ShredOS page suggests the use of hdparm for SSDs but things are fairly complicated:
* https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe/blob/master/ssd-guide.md https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe/blob/master/ssd...
- XorNot 2y agoThese days I'd just take a hammer to a dead SSD and smash the chips to powder.
- daneel_w 2y agoI haven't found a technical whitepaper on it but supposedly NAND/NOR flash goes void immediately when reaching a certain high temperature below the melting point of copper. Something about putting a blow torch to the chips for a brief moment...
- UnlockedSecrets 2y agoHammer sounds easier to verify the destruction worked.
- Xen9 2y agoStartup idea: Industrial portable just drill-holes-to-you-device-if-needed & then just-add-water data-erasure bags (single-use, safe to throw away). Would save lots of equipment weight.
- throw0101b 2y ago> https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe/blob/master/ssd-guide.md https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe/blob/master/ssd... Yeah: > Given that the support for sanitization is optional and not a mandatory aspect of the respective standards the support accross vendors can vary largely. The following table does not claim or warrant to be complete, it is highly advised to always validate the information with the manufacturer: It'd be nice if the INCITS/SATA/SAS folks could make it mandatory.