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class=759232217-30092008>There are industrial shredders that WILL shred
anything. There is a company, that frequently shows up on Discovery
channel, that makes all sizes of industrial shredders. They go as
big as one that shreds cars down to shredding trash which includes 2x4s and
cans.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT size=2>Brian Kelsay</FONT><BR></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> kclug-bounces@kclug.org
[mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Sean Crago<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B> KCLUG<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Shredder?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>>I can't figure out why the government just doesn't remove the
hard drives<BR>>and send them to a shredder. Even a private individual
can achieve roughly<BR>>the same level of security with a drill and a 1/2"
drill bit. With the price<BR>>of drives being what they are now it can't
impact very much the resale value<BR>>of the computer to sell it without a
drive installed.<BR><BR>Shredders don't like metal, but there are things that'll
make quick work of a drive:<BR><A
href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html</A><BR><BR>The
Air Force seemed to think a 1-2 punch was in order, according to Cryptome: "2.5.
Destruction. It is a good practice to sanitize media before submitting it for
destruction. Media may generally be destroyed by one of the following methods
(see Table 2.1). (<B>NOTE</B>: Although approved methods, options d and e use
acid, which is dangerous and excessive, to remove recording surfaces. Options a,
b, and c are recommended over d and e.) "<BR><A
href="http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/afssi5020.htm">http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/afssi5020.htm</A><BR><BR>-Sean<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>