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Date and Time
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
MIT Building E51, Room 325
Presenter
Federico Lucifredi, Product Manager, Novell - flucifredi acm org
Summary
Using Linux to securely erase hard drives
Abstract
With $30 in new hardware, inventiveness and some Perl and Shell glue, we design and build from scratch a Linux based, secure disk-deletion rig exceeding the requirements of several industry standards for data wiping.
About Federico Lucifredi
Federico Lucifredi is a Product Manager at Novell, where he works on SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE, and is the maintainer of 'man'. He is frequently a speaker at conferences covering Open Source and Free Software, and tries to stay active within the community despite currently wearing a business hat. In his free time Federico tinkers around with old hardware and reads as many books as his budget will allow him to get his paws on.
