[Cialug] Semi-OT: wiping a hard drive once is enough?

[Josh More]

That's why the military is careful to only use Maxtor drives.  The odds of them corrupt^H^H^H^H^H^H encrypting themselves before they fall into the hands of the enemy are high.



-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
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>>> Don Cady <doncady at gmail.com> 03/11/09 5:06 PM >>>
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Nathan Stien <nathanism at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apropos: This was the ad at the top of my gmail after participating in this
> thread.
>
> http://www.avax.com/drive_destroyer.html

Ah yes, me too. I'm composing a response to Tim, and was going to post
script it.
I found this bit slightly funny:
"If the power goes out…if the plane is forced to land in enemy
territory…if the embassy is under siege…"
If the plane is going down, are you really going to be able to get the
HDs out of your laptops and into this thing in time?

Don
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