* Hugo Mills (hugo@???) wrote:
> As Mat says, the only truly "safe" way is to nuke it from orbit
> (or, more plausibly, use a furnace and an angle-grinder on the
> platters).
This always makes me laugh. How necessary is it to go to this
length? I know not many people do, but I would be interested to
quantify the relative value of each data deleting technique. I will
try and start a table, and if anybody has any info to add, please
do.
Deletion method |Good for |Relative
--------------------------------+--------------+----------
rm <file> |general use | 1 (std)
over write with random data |?? | 10
over write with random data x10 |?? | 1000
.
.
.
melt and grind platters |US Military | 1x10^??
nuke from orbit |Nobody :-) | 1x10^??
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Philip Stubbs
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