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Re: Disk wiping -- An alternate approach?
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:08:34 -0500
By the way, does somebody knows about the flash memory? Is zeroing a whole usb key enough to make the data unrecoverable?
No, wear-leveling (done at the memory controller level) will dynamically re-map addresses on the actual flash chip to ensure a relatively consistent number of write cycles across the entire drive. The only way to completely "wipe" a flash disk is with a hammer. Regards, Michael Holstein Cleveland State University _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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