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RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing
From: "dave kleiman" <dave () davekleiman com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:26:19 -0400
Steve, That is not "wiped/overwritten" data. That is simply deleted, formatted, or damaged drive. We are all well aware that is possible, some of us do this for a living. Respectfully, Dave Kleiman - http://www.davekleiman.com/about.php -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Steve Olive Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 02:33 To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:03:17 am Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote: > On 2007-09-01 gjgowey () tmo blackberry net wrote: > > A since pass with all zero's really won't protect your data from being > > recovered by more advanced data recovery software let alone alone > > hardware. > > I'd like to see a single case where someone was able to recover data > from an overwritten harddisk, even after a single pass with zeroes. > > > Multiple passes isn't much better, but if that's all you got... > > > > You would be better off looking at better utilities if you really need > > to keep the data from being recovered. > > Nonsense. If you're worried about the zeroes just replace /dev/zero with > /dev/urandom. Your "better utilites" don't work any different from that. > > Regards > Ansgar Wiechers Hi, I'd say it is very possible, otherwise organisations would not be offering these services, with "No Fix, No Fee Policies", at confirmed prices. There are a number of testimonials from existing customers: http://www.payam.com.au/hard-disk-data-recovery.htm If this is possible in Australia, I'm sure that the rest of the world has access to similar organisations ;-) Note: I'm not in any way associated with this business, other than recommending people contact them directly if they need data recovery services. -- Regards, Steve Bathurst Computer Solutions URL: www.bathurstcomputers.com.au e-mail: steve () bathurstcomputers com au Mobile: 0407 224 251 .... _ ... (0)> ... / / \ .. / / . ) .. V_/_ Linux Powered! Registered Linux User #355382 ********************************************* "If you read the same things as others and say the same things they say, then you're perceived as intelligent. I'm a bit more independent and radical and consider intelligence the ability to think about matters on your own and ask a lot of skeptical questions to get at the real truth, not just what you're told it is." Apple's Inventor - Steve Wozniak 2006 *********************************************
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- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Craig Wright (Sep 13)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing William Holmberg (Sep 13)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Craig Wright (Sep 14)
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- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Daniel Anderson (Sep 18)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing dave kleiman (Sep 12)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing William Holmberg (Sep 12)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing dave kleiman (Sep 12)
- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Steve Olive (Sep 13)
- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Sep 13)
- RE: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing dave kleiman (Sep 13)
- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Kelly Keeton (Sep 13)
- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Robert Inder (Sep 12)
- Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing Melissa (Sep 12)