Emergency File Wipe Algorithim

hallam at w3.org hallam at w3.org
Mon Sep 4 16:11:55 PDT 1995



>Also note the recent posting on sci.crypt by Peter Gutmann about being
>able to recover data from DRAMs and SRAMs after powerdown. It hits
>cryptokeys really bad. 

If the power is cycled as opposed to turned off only then a memory self test 
program will probably erase the data.

	Phill





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