Re: Removing data in a secure manner?

[David Norman <norny_(_at_)_yahoo_(_dot_)_com>]

--- jason_(_at_)_hcpnet_(_dot_)_org wrote:
> I had someone from NSA tell me how they removed secret classified
> data
> (data classified higher than that was degaused) and I had a forensics
> guy
> tell me the most secure way to delete data from a drive, while still
> being
> able to use it. He said, using the method I used in my program, that
> some
> data bits would be recoverable, however, no full bytes, and he is
> currently testing it now. Please feel free to test my program, use it
> however you want, and please give me feedback on whether it worked at
> all
> for you, what you did with it, etc... I would be very interested to
> get
> the opinion from as many people as possible
> 

People time and time again on this list say if you want to destroy
data, destroy the hard drive. That sounds like everyone who wants to
destroy data also happens to be able to buy a replacement drive. It
still doesn't provide an answer to the question of how to get data off
a drive. As their FAQs will say, these links are "good enough for most
people".

http://dban.sourceforge.net/
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/


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