tallpaul@pipeline.com (tallpaul) writes:
Remember that one simple wipe is *not* secure. Current Department of Defense security regs call for wiping the same space something like 8 or 9 times. Even then the wipe is not secure enough for higher level DofD classified material. There the regs call for the physical destruction of the medium after it has been wiped.
Degaussing the media (running a household magnet over it :-) may be an option. Two semi-on-topic questions: 1. Does anyone know a cheap way to recover the traces of the previous (overwritten) recordings on the media? 2. If a cheap way exists, has anyone considered stego use of it? (I don't need this right now, just for future reference, and any such discussion would improve the s/n on this list.) --- Dr. Dimitri Vulis Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps