On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 05:03 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote: > Like most first attempt wiping programs this one fails miserably. It > fails > to wipe slack space (i.e. 16k data allocations, a 10k file leaves 6k > unused, > a previous file may have used it). It fails to wipe MFT space (small > files > may be stored directly in the MFT). This would leave a TON of > evidence. My > advice: Buy wiping software that actually works. I did some testing, > the > commercial ones don't even fare to well, none of the amateur ones came > even > close to being truly effective. > > > Kurt Seifried, kurtat_private > A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF > AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574 > http://seifried.org/security/ > > Could you give more info about what commercial wiping software works and which one doesn't. I have used several in the past and I am now using PGP to wipe individual files and I would appreciate informed opinions and options. Thanks. aov ---- In all matters of opinion, our opponents are insane - Oscar Wilde ---- Alfredo Octavio PGP Key ID: 0x6531FC6D mailto: alfredoat_private http://alfredo.octavio.net/ At: N 10вк29.809', W 066вк49.480' ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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