[39943] in bugtraq
Re: Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Casper.Dik@Sun.COM)
Wed Jul 27 15:03:13 2005
Message-Id: <200507230834.j6N8YiDk020868@vaticaan.Holland.Sun.COM>
From: Casper.Dik@Sun.COM
To: "Earnhart, Benjamin J" <benjamin-earnhart@uiowa.edu>
Cc: focus-ms@securityfocus.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
In-Reply-To: <4F5CA8D7D1561B45A128D35DB86BA8F8027E6CC5@IOWAEVS03.iowa.uiowa.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:34:44 +0200
>is a dangerously naïve approach. With point-and-click easy to use =
>freeware tools under windows, I can do almost 100% retrieval of files=
> after a full reformat, and even after reloading the OS and using it =
>for a while, the simple point-and-click freeware tools can retieve an=
> awful lot of stuff. And if I have the skills to use more powerful, =
>complex tools, I can do even better, without needing a lot of money, =
>time, or even strong motivation.
That's not after a "reformat"; that's after making a new filesystem
on the disk.
(In this context, a "full reformat" doubtlessly refers to what
is called a "low level format" on systems with DOS heritage where
"newfs" is called "format")
Casper
