Talk:DOD 5220.22-M

Disorganized talk
Eraser can wipe files securerly with DOD 5220.22-M.

Should this page really link to Evidence Eliminator? the software is very shady.

Tune-Up Utilities 2006 uses this method to "shred". I'm quite sure McAfee has had this feature for a long time too. My question is... is this only for Windows (which I believe it is), or does this actually happen to ALL megnetic disks... I thought Linux/Unix didn't have this problem.


 * Yes, Linux/Unix still have this problem. *ALL* computer systems have this problem.  It's a hardware thing, not a software thing. --DragonHawk 03:50, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

This article is seriously misfiled
This article is seriously misfiled/misnamed. DoD 5220.22-M is the NISPOM. NISPOM covers the entire field of goverment/industrial security, of which data sanitization is a very small part (about two paragraphs in a 150 page document). Furthermore, the NISPOM does not actually specify how sanitization is to be accomplished. So most of the information in this article doesn't actually come from the title subject. The information in the article about sanitization procedures does sound rather like the Clearing and Sanitization Matrix, which is issued by DSS, and is used to meet NISPOM requirements. I think I'm going to try and merge the information from this article into Sanitization (classified information), and then turn the actual DOD 5220.22-M page into a redirect to the NISPOM page. Comments? --DragonHawk 03:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Agree, To talk about this litte issue of data remanence does not really fit in the NISPOM page, I can't belive anyone would reffer to NISPOM without further indicatin what it it they really mean! I would just make this a redirect to NISPOM. --JuanPDP 05:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, done. I moved potentially useful text to a new section in Data remanence (entitled "The problem").  The completely bogus stuff (which claimed DoD 5220.22-M is a sanitization standard) is deleted.  This article is replaced with a redirect to National Industrial Security Program.


 * BTW, should anyone want to verify this: NISPOM, 28 Feb 2006 Edition, Section 8-301, Page 8-3-1. Two paragraphs on clearing and sanitization.  The NISPOM only states that they be done, it does not specify how.  Document is 96 pages long, according to xpdf on my computer. --DragonHawk 00:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)