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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good command for wiping a hard drive?
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 06:22:48
Message-Id: 433E2A32.3020007@mid.email-server.info
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good command for wiping a hard drive? by Richard Fish
1 Richard Fish schrieb:
2
3 > A good option for more speed would be to use aespipe to encrypt
4 > /dev/zero and write that output to the disk.
5
6 Why do that? Overwritten data is already pretty much
7 irrecoverable. Or do you know of ONE instance, where
8 those rescue companies restored an OVERWRITTEN (ie.
9 not something simple as burned or such) drive?
10
11 And if you fear, that the CIA or FBI might recover
12 data - use a metal shredder...
13
14 Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good command for wiping a hard drive? Jonathan Wright <mail@×××××××××.uk>