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Removing data in a secure manner?

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Subject: Removing data in a secure manner?
From: Rick Deckard <rickdeckard69_(_at_)_yahoo_(_dot_)_com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 22:36:28 -0800 (PST)

I was just wondering what would be a good way to completely remove data from a hard disk in OpenBSD?  Somehow using dd with /dev/random to the disk device?  Three times in a row?

Sorry for being a Noob but I'm still trying to learn Unix.
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