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Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thor (Hammer of God))
Fri Jul 22 20:26:47 2005
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From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@hammerofgod.com>
To: "Bugtraq" <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>,
"Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@treachery.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:15:22 -0700
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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
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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?
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> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Jared Johnson wrote:
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>> 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
>
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