SSD eraser question

[athena]

Hi
I have got a work of secure eraser work of 100 odd ssd's
Unlike CMR hard disks there is no chances of remnant data recovery on defect lists with SSD.
I would like to know is it technically ok to single pass overwrite., so that I can quote for the same.
Thank you.

[Arch Stanton]

Single pass overwrite potentially leaves you with overprovisioned space. Writing zeros potentially leaves you with lots of unaffected data due to advanced firmware detecting zeros and simply add place-holders in FTL. Zero filling overwriting virtually nothing due to firmware level compression. Why not use built-in secure erase, crypto erase etc.?

[athena]

Single pass overwrite potentially leaves you with overprovisioned space. Writing zeros potentially leaves you with lots of unaffected data due to advanced firmware detecting zeros and simply add place-holders in FTL. Zero filling overwriting virtually nothing due to firmware level compression. Why not use built-in secure erase, crypto erase etc.?

Thanks a lot Joep
Do I need third party tools or manufacturer utility
to initiate secure eraser.
Cusomer wants reports of each eraser like model, fw, sn, erasing date / time
Technique used and time required etc.

[Arch Stanton]

Maybe a tool like KillDisk will make your life easier but I personally believe your client wants to purchase peace of mind with that certificate.

[athena]

Maybe a tool like KillDisk will make your life easier but I personally believe your client wants to purchase peace of mind with that certificate.

Exactly ,even client suggested this.
Is there any universal secure /crypto erase tool irrespective of make of SSD ? For large volume of disks its not practical to check each ssd & erase it using manufacturer supplied tools (not all tools are self bootable as well)
Thanks

[fzabkar]

IIRC, the ATA standard has sanitize and cryptoerase commands. These are universal, ie not vendor specific.

[athena]

IIRC, the ATA standard has sanitize and cryptoerase commands. These are universal, ie not vendor specific.

Thanks a lot fzabkar , I have used killdisk as I think its too clumsy to boot large (different types ) of laptops using linux & issue commands onsite.
There should be a readymade live bootable pen drive having interface , logging to perform the same. Besides that I read that not all models support secure erase.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

IIRC, the ATA standard has sanitize and cryptoerase commands. These are universal, ie not vendor specific.

Thanks a lot fzabkar , I have used killdisk as I think its too clumsy to boot large (different types ) of laptops using linux & issue commands onsite.
There should be a readymade live bootable pen drive having interface , logging to perform the same. Besides that I read that not all models support secure erase.

Well,
Older versions of killdisk was able to work with several hard drives without a license

[athena]

IIRC, the ATA standard has sanitize and cryptoerase commands. These are universal, ie not vendor specific.

Thanks a lot fzabkar , I have used killdisk as I think its too clumsy to boot large (different types ) of laptops using linux & issue commands onsite.
There should be a readymade live bootable pen drive having interface , logging to perform the same. Besides that I read that not all models support secure erase.

Well,
Older versions of killdisk was able to work with several hard drives without a license

Thanks do you know any commercial software solution which implements secure eraser

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

IIRC, the ATA standard has sanitize and cryptoerase commands. These are universal, ie not vendor specific.

Thanks a lot fzabkar , I have used killdisk as I think its too clumsy to boot large (different types ) of laptops using linux & issue commands onsite.
There should be a readymade live bootable pen drive having interface , logging to perform the same. Besides that I read that not all models support secure erase.

Well,
Older versions of killdisk was able to work with several hard drives without a license

Thanks do you know any commercial software solution which implements secure eraser

Well,
i use only killdisk ver 10.2.7 and thats about it i also have a commercial Cyber forensic tool hardware that i use just for erasing