[117007] in Cypherpunks
Re: File eradication.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John A. Limpert)
Wed Aug 25 02:26:54 1999
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:08:30 -0400
From: "John A. Limpert" <johnl@radix.net>
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Netkita@aol.com wrote:
> Is there anything stronger than WIndow Washer for the overwriting of a
> deletion area. They overwrite up to 10 times. What is the current NSA
> strength of overwrite?Lastly, what would be all the areas to be overwritten ?
> Like history cookies etc.
The current NSA standard is physical destruction for declassification of
high coercivity media (most modern media). Low/medium coercivity media
can be degaussed in an NSA approved degausser. I've seen overwrites used
for "color change" of computers, but not declassification.
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John A. Limpert johnl@radix.net PGP keyID 0x15D681D0
