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Article #3808Re: (U) Security Erase Utility for VM DASD
From: Joseph Ryan
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 17:13
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 17:13
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On Wed, 29 Jan 1992 08:44:31 PST Judson K. West said: >From: Judson West >We have a need to perform a "security erase" of some VM DASD that is currently >in a classified site. The requirements are that a pattern of 1's and 0's be >written on the volume and then a report be printed validating that 1's and 0's >have been written on the volume. Does anyone have or know of some VM utility >that does this? If not, does anyone know of a way using standard VM utilities >(i.e., DSF, DDR, etc.)? If we can't do this, we'll just have to beat the HDA's >senseless and throw them out. You could use DSF INIT command with the DATA or purge parameter. Data is only valid with 3375 3380 3390. You could use DDR to examine the pack after the init. *--------------------------------------------------------------------* Joe Ryan - JRYAN at PSUHMC System Programmer Penn State University - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033 Phone (717) 531-7569 Fax (717) 531-7259 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
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Subject: Re: (U) Security Erase Utility for VM DASD
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