Secure Erase for PCs?

[Bill Frantz]

At 8:05 PM -0800 12/9/96, John Fricker wrote:
>>	Though, technically, no disk can be securely erased, my program,
>
>Sure it can. Ten overwrites will rendered remnant data obscure. So says the
>electron microscope waving data recovery experts anyway.

You should really check out Peter Gutmann's paper in the 1996 Usenix
Security Conference Proceedings.  After reading it, I think you will come
to the conclusion that the only secure data destruction technique, against
a well-funded attacker, is destruction of the disk.  I like thermite myself.


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