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RE: Secure Erase for PCs?
At 8:05 PM -0800 12/9/96, John Fricker wrote:
>> Though, technically, no disk can be securely erased, my program,
>
>Sure it can. Ten overwrites will rendered remnant data obscure. So says the
>electron microscope waving data recovery experts anyway.
You should really check out Peter Gutmann's paper in the 1996 Usenix
Security Conference Proceedings. After reading it, I think you will come
to the conclusion that the only secure data destruction technique, against
a well-funded attacker, is destruction of the disk. I like thermite myself.
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