Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2016 #417
On Tuesday 03 May 2016 00:38:05 Ralph Sanchez wrote:
> Tom-That's what I thought too, but I thought someone said earlier that
> during the install w/ encryption, Debian would also zero the disk, or
> maybe I'm mistaken. As far as the process if I did what your
> suggesting and I was going to do, would it work like this...
>
> Boot from USB Live ISO
>
> Run choice zero/random pattern overwrite program
Run Live CD/USB of some kind and run a partitioning program.
> Install from USB Live
Before installing, run the six live CDs and make sure which DE you want. It
makes a big difference. Speaking personally, I would avoid Gnome and KDE.
You can always add them later.
If you are convinced that you want to install Debian, then at this stage I
would install from the net-install CD in the yellow box well down the page:
https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/debian-installer/
If there are problems, go back to the Live CD.
My 2p worth.
Lisi
>
> lol I know it seems simple and like I should know the answer, but I've
> never even fully formatted a HDD myself, never had a reason too
> (degaussed one, the only other one I ever used haha had that Compaq
> Presario tower for yeaaaars) so I guess I was worried if something
> happened to make the system reboot with the HDD completely gone the
> BIOS system wouldn't boot from the USB either then. I guess this comes
> down to not knowing much about the Bios itself, where it's located and
> how it works. It's funny how we pass over the simple things when
> learning the bigger things we think are more important haha
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Although encryption of the disk (as offered during installation) is a
> > good idea, it protects against loss of the system or disk while powered
> > down. It does not protect against unauthorized access to the running
> > system, and if the threat model includes that, zeroing (or better yet,
> > multiply overwriting with varying patterns and then zeroing) offers
> > protection that disk encryption does not.
> >
> > Neither action protects against determined state equivalent actors or
> > malware implanted in the drive controller.
> >
> > Tom Dial
> >
> > On 05/02/2016 11:17 AM, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org
> > wrote:
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