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Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory?
From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor () hammerofgod com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:15:22 -0700
I *love* nuking CD's.... But apparently, the practice is no longer "officially" supported due to the toxic emmissions of the Phthalocyanine contained in the sublimation layer (and other chems) Great fun, though. t----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson () treachery net>
To: "Bugtraq" <bugtraq () securityfocus com> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Jared Johnson wrote:It seems that the perhaps the only real way to rid your Hard Drives of data is to burn them.The sophistication of data recovery in LEAs and TLAs is such that drives that once held classified data are routinely shredded and slagged. But for those of us who handle sensitive and personal data (and, unfortunately, don't have access to a smelter), having a kiln, a drill press, and a belt sander is almost as good. :) As for retiring CD-ROMs, I just do what I learned from the DoD: http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/infosec/dod_cd_declassification.html . - -Jay ( ( _______ )) )) .-"There's always time for a good cup of coffee"-. >====<--. C|~~|C|~~| \----- Jay D. Dyson -- jdyson () treachery net -----/ | = |-' `--' `--' `---- You don't want to make me be myself. ----' `------' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (TreacherOS) Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. iD8DBQFC3+2XxzN3WIW0edsRAieqAJ4xWpeJGJ4qxNtgLAhfXQJ5qp7pAACgqeSu 6EuufQazjcA+3z2hSn5XZY4= =gD4T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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- Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Jared Johnson (Jul 21)
- RE: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Barbara Lockwood (Jul 21)
- RE: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Tiago Halm (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Jay D. Dyson (Jul 21)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Thor (Hammer of God) (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Simple Nomad (Jul 21)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Volker Tanger (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Alexander L. Ivanchev (Jul 27)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Casper . Dik (Jul 27)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Vincent DUVERNET (Nolmë Informatique) (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Jake Appelbaum (Jul 27)
- RE: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Jared Johnson (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Volker Tanger (Jul 22)
- RE: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? D. Weiss (Jul 22)
- Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Dana Hudes (Jul 22)
- Re: [BugTraq] Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Robin Whittle (Jul 22)
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- RE: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory? Barbara Lockwood (Jul 21)