Hello, data-killers! After reading recent posts about how to keep data (and PC disk drives) out of others' hands (shredders, double-layer encryption schemes for 'revealing' a bogus plaintext while keeping the real data hidden, etc), I had an evil thought.... >:) Thermit grenades are pretty simple; all they do is provide a means of initiating the "thermite reaction." (Look it up in a chemistry text.) Equal parts aluminum powder and iron oxide (rust), finely ground and ignited by (say) a burning magnesium strip, produce the same effect and would quite satisfactorily destroy a disk drive in a matter of seconds. Likewise the PC, desk, floor - quite possibly setting the whole building on fire - "collateral damage," I guess. Don't screw around with this stuff in your basement, people - it is a _very_ fast, _very_ hot reaction that produces a slug of superheated molten metal. For the truly paranoid among you, however, it might be a viable last-ditch ploy to foil the Gestapo. Do be careful. ........................................................................ Philippe D. Nave, Jr. | The person who does not use message encryption pdn@dwroll.dw.att.com | will soon be at the mercy of those who DO... Denver, Colorado USA | PGP public key: by arrangement.