Re: Stealthier Internet access

["Elazar Broad" <elazar () hushmail com>]

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Thermite will definitely do, checkout
http://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/how-to-thermite-based-hard-drive-
anti-forensic-destruction/ and of course a .50 APIT round will do
as well:
http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/diskcrypt
/index.html.

elazar

On Tue, 25 May 2010 16:08:45 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 01:25:25 +0545, Bipin Gautam said:
>
> Rest of article actually looks good at first glance, but this
> jumped out at me:
>
> > > -Software disk Wiping:
> > >  Wipe KEY, header of your encrypted storage volume (first few
> mb, ref
> > > specific manual) Ref using Peter Gutmann standard of data
> wipeing (35
> > > wipes)
> > > And wipe entire storage using U.S. DoD 5200.28-STD (7 wipes)
>
> There is zero evidence that anybody is able to recover data after
> even a
> single overwrite of /dev/zero on a disk drive made this century.
> Even in
> the MFM days, Gutmann's recovery technique was difficult - today's
> densities
> render it essentially impossible.  Even if it's possible, if your
> threat model
> includes the sort of organizations that could theoretically do it,
> maybe you
> should be considering thermite rather than software wipes.
> Especially if
> they're pounding on your door. ;)
>
> I'm more than open to hear of any *confirmed* cases of data
> recovered after
> even a single overwrite anytime after 1995.  To date, I have not
> seen one.
> Prove me wrong, guys. ;)
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