>I >suspect but do not know for sure that the same kind of techniques that >were used on the mag tapes (something like a very high-resolution and >oversampled read of the magnetic domains that was then used to reconstruct >the contribution of each previous write up to whatever the resolution >permitted) could be used on disks.... >So do your overwrites a bunch of times, compadres. Hey, with techniques like Scanning Tunnel Electron Microscopy, you can come close to reconstructing the entire write history of a magnetic disk. Of course, this isn't exactly an economical procedure... Cheers, RGF Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP Information Systems Security Officer National Business Center U. S. Dept. of the Interior Robert_G_Ferrellat_private ======================================== Who goeth without humor goeth unarmed. ======================================== ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribeat_private
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