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Wiping disk before leaving? [kimsufi]

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  • @Harzem said:
    Hey, are you that guy called "imthatguyhere" at WHT too?

    Yessir. I rarely browse around here, but figured I should probably be registered at some point for when I do.

    @doughmanes said:

    imthatguyhere said: Did they specify how they wipe the drives at all that you can remember?

    Probably booting a PXE "wipe" image like other providers do when the server is terminated.

    Oh, I agree. My assumption is that it's just a single run of zeros (which is good enough IMO as if you care that much you should wipe before you leave). The difference is that I think some confirmation would be a little nicer if someone had already gotten the answer.

  • HarzemHarzem Member
    edited January 2018

    imthatguyhere said: Yessir. I rarely browse around here, but figured I should probably be registered at some point for when I do.

    After I spent 9 years as a moderator at WHT enforcing their strict rules, LET feels quite relaxed. Welcome! LET may feel low-end but there are a lot of geniuses here. On WHT, the Intel issue received 32 replies while it got 347+ replies here as of now. And page 3 and 4 of that thread have some very technical details that I'm completely incapable of understanding. Turns out LET is where you can learn about intricate details of microchip design, and still put a huge bold text saying:

    #HugeMicrochipDicks

    In short, don't neglect your duties on WHT but keep a close eye on LET.

    Thanked by 1vimalware
  • As a side note, the reinstall function inside the panel will automatically wipe signatures of existing partitions. I used to try to reinstall a KS while hoping to recover one partition (so that I can save time copying from another server) and noticed that the first couple sectors were wiped zero after the reinstallation.

    So the bottom line is, they at least wipes partitions a bit so it's harder to recover the data. I never actually tried to read the data from a KS server when I bought it new, so I can't provide an accurate answer.

    Also, dacentec, when providing me a new dedi server, keeps all the data on the disks. Opened some random partitions and saw sh1t tons of porn videos...

  • msg7086 said: Opened some random partitions and saw sh1t tons of porn videos...

    You're welcome.

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran
    edited January 2018

    msg7086 said: they at least wipes partitions a bit so it's harder to recover the data

    Not like there's a simple tool such as TestDisk which restores partitions by looking for the actual filesystems on disk.

  • @Nekki said:

    msg7086 said: Opened some random partitions and saw sh1t tons of porn videos...

    You're welcome.

    Hey hey! sharing is caring. :)

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