Re:Mashing Enter to bypass full disk encryption with TPM, Cl...
by SoftTalker on Friday September 01, 2023 @12:45PM
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> this fixes the case where the drive gets pulled and thrown in a recycle bin
Also allows you to do that when you retire a server or cluster. I've been in situations where we had to wipe hundreds of multi-TB hard drives. If you've never done it, that takes a good deal of time. You can get appliances that do it, or try to build your own DBAN rig, but it still takes days. Or you can just shred them, but hard drive shredders are not cheap either, and that's rather wasteful and may not be environmentally conscious.
Also allows you to do that when you retire a server or cluster. I've been in situations where we had to wipe hundreds of multi-TB hard drives. If you've never done it, that takes a good deal of time. You can get appliances that do it, or try to build your own DBAN rig, but it still takes days. Or you can just shred them, but hard drive shredders are not cheap either, and that's rather wasteful and may not be environmentally conscious.