I always wondered if it was possible to read data if binary zeros or some
other pattern were written to the disk. I thought that it would be very
hard, which the article quoted seemed to agree with. But then, I noticed
that the writer of the article didn't sign his name.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Friemel" <nf.ibmm...@web.de>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
To: <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: ERASEDATA - DASD disposal
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:36:08 +0000, Linda Mooney wrote:
Do you consider the 4 passes with TRKFMT enough to be sure that the Â
data
is really gone?
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/112432
Norbert Friemel
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