xSAPPYx wrote: > > Someone linked me this article a couple calling into question the > ability to actually read overwritten data: > http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-guttman.html > > I'de love to read something from the other side, showing real examples > of getting usable data off of a disk that has been overwritten / wiped > / etc > > any links or info? >
Not possible on today's drives. In fact, according to NIST, one overwrite with only zeros is sufficient. See The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-88, "Guidelines for Media Sanitation." -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/delete-deleted-data-tp14560809p14561973.html Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
