[118426] in Cypherpunks
RE: Steganos - Wiping Data
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Secret Squirrel)
Mon Sep 27 17:35:03 1999
Date: 27 Sep 1999 21:12:24 -0000
From: Secret Squirrel <secret_squirrel@nym.alias.net>
Message-ID: <8726694c81169d237172aca23bd03d42@anonymous>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Secret Squirrel <secret_squirrel@nym.alias.net>
Peter Trei shcreibt:
/Begin inclusion
However, a disk is not a perfect palimpest. Each overwrite
will probabalistically destroy some portion of the previous
data. Even if 90% where recoverable after a single
overwrite, less than 3% of the data is left after 36
overwrites.
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I suspect that this reasoning is flawed.
ie if 90% is recoverable after the first overwrite,you can't then overwrite again and claim that only 0.9*0.9 is left.probably whatever makes it through the first few passes will stay through the rest :(
monger. just monger
