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Need program pointers
> There is a commonly-held belief that there is a US government standard
> for declassifying magnetic media which involves overwriting it three
> times. In fact this method is for declassifying core (computer memory)
> rather than magnetic media. The government standard for declassifying
> magnetic media probably involves concentrated acid, furnaces, belt
> sanders, or any combination of the above.
For magentic media, which includes core :), I believe the standard is
overwriting the info alternately with 0's and 1's 100x.
Paul