FCPUNX:Macintosh [and perhaps other OS] Security Alert (fwd)

[Ray Arachelian]

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:12:00 -0400
From: Sal Denaro <Sal at panix.com>
To: Ray Arachelian <sunder at amanda.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: FCPUNX:Macintosh [and perhaps other OS] Security Alert (fwd)

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 01:05:06 -0400
> From: Lucky Green <shamrock at netcom.com>
> To: cypherpunks at toad.com
> Subject: Macintosh [and perhaps other OS] Security Alert
> 
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> A number of months ago, I discovered that various Macintosh "unused
> diskspace" wipe utilities (Norton, Burn) fail to wipe the unused
> slackspace at the end of the last block allocated to a file. This leaves
> NumberOfFiles*512Bytes/2 = several kB of recoverable data on your average
> drive.
> 

I can verify that this is a cross-platform bug. The Dos/win3.1 and
Win95 versions all have the same flaw. 

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Salvatore Denaro		
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