At 12:09 PM 7/4/00 -0400, dmolnar wrote:
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>Why wouldn't you just shred, melt, and scatter the CD if you want to wipe
>the info on it? Trying to nondestructively wipe a hard drive makes some
>sense, because you'd like to re-use the space...but CD-Rs are down to
>something like $5/CD and you can't re-use the used space anyway.
>What do you have in mind by "wipe" ?
This was not something I need to do, but something I realized I hadn't
seen any studies on.
One potential application would be wiping the used random bits
from a OTP so that losing the CD before you are through with it
(and burn it) wouldn't hurt you.
dh
