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Re: Disk wiping -- An alternate approach?
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:09:15 -0500
- The absence of evidence 9 times out of 10 is just as bad as the evidence itself in court.
In what court?
- What you type text or email can, and will, be used against you in a court of law.
Only if obtained by correct process of law and you resist the temptation to "explain yourself" to the police.
So, plausible deniability solution for disk wiping?: Let, disk wiping tools LOAD the whole WIKIPEDIA in nxn matrices and mix ALL the words & phrases in a random pool continuously and use THIS as the "Wiping passes and patterns" while they wipe the disk-space (instead of using random-pass or zero)
You're forgetting that you aren't required to explain yourself in court (5th Ammendment). It's the job of the prosecution to connect the dots and prove you're guilty. Smart defendants hire their own expert to refute the testimony of of the prosecution's "expert". As to Wikipedia, I think a random overwrite pattern would be way better than them finding fragments of the following (just two examples) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prostitution Practically every illegal act has an article on Wikipedia .. why deliberately "seed" your hard disk with them? Cheers, 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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- Re: Disk wiping -- An alternate approach? Bipin Gautam (Jan 25)
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