Need program pointers
Black Unicorn
unicorn at access.digex.net
Wed Nov 30 20:03:45 PST 1994
On Wed, 30 Nov 1994, Paul Ste. Marie wrote:
> > There is a commonly-held belief that there is a US government standard
> > for declassifying magnetic media which involves overwriting it three
> > times. In fact this method is for declassifying core (computer memory)
> > rather than magnetic media. The government standard for declassifying
> > magnetic media probably involves concentrated acid, furnaces, belt
> > sanders, or any combination of the above.
>
> For magentic media, which includes core :), I believe the standard is
> overwriting the info alternately with 0's and 1's 100x.
>
> Paul
>
Close contact with a thermite gernade is the standard most agencies I
know of follow.
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