[c-nsp] Wipe a Device?

Djerk Geurts djerk.cisco at easynet.nl
Sun Jan 16 16:20:00 EST 2005


Dir all

Will show you all file systems. Except for disks (disk0, disk1)

Djerk Geurts

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ryan O'Connell
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:55 PM
> To: Jared Mauch
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Wipe a Device?
> 
> 
> On 16/01/2005 00:30, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 04:20:42PM -0800, Baek, Steven A (US SSA) 
> >wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>There are utilities out there that allow you to write a zeros to a 
> >>disk to ensure that the data on that system is unrecoverable. Does 
> >>anyone know if there is something similar that you can do 
> on a Cisco 
> >>device to prevent data from being recovered?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >	write erase
> >	reload
> >  
> >
> 
> Don't forget to check flash too - I tend to make backup copies of the 
> config on a device to flash cards on a regular basis to aid recovery 
> should it ever be required. (Just copy the config from the flash to 
> startup-config and reload - that gets you basic connectivity and most 
> stuff working and you can then update the rest from your 
> latest RANCID 
> backup.)
> 
> -- 
>          Ryan O'Connell - CCIE #8174
> <ryan at complicity.co.uk> - http://www.complicity.co.uk
> 
> I'm not losing my mind, no I'm not changing my lines,
> I'm just learning new things with the passage of time
> 
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