29 Nov
2001
29 Nov
'01
8:25 a.m.
I doubt it. There may be very few contracts that
require this sort of
thing, but honestly, if the company scrapping the equipment was that worried
about it, they'd scrap it themselves. I have heard that NSA does this, and
that further they (to paraphrase) "slag their disks and post armed guards
around the slag."
it's true; a friend has a CDC 1700, formerly NSA property...
and nothing that could hold software was part of the deal
(although I think he got to keep the core).
-dq
29 Nov
29 Nov
4:23 p.m.
New subject: Scrapping hardware to get it off the books (RE: Is it a Lisa or Mac XL?!)
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
I picked up a little Miniscribe 3.5" HD at a swap meet a few years ago
that carried a sticker stating that it had been rendered clean by NSA.
They must really have a stout degausser for that job. This one was so
`neutralized' that even the drive motor would not spin up.
- don
I doubt it.
There may be very few contracts that require this sort of
thing, but honestly, if the company scrapping the equipment was that worried
about it, they'd scrap it themselves. I have heard that NSA does this, and
that further they (to paraphrase) "slag their disks and post armed guards
around the slag."
it's true; a friend has a CDC 1700, formerly NSA property...
and nothing that could hold software was part of the deal
(although I think he got to keep the core).
-dq
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