Re: Gutmann Method on Empty Space

2008-01-19 Thread RW
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:38:27 -0800 Jason C. Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting to note that Gutmann's earlier work said, loosely If you do this, you should be fairly certain you data is unrecoverable. He now says, A few passes of random data is as good as can be expected. Those

Re: Gutmann Method on Empty Space

2008-01-18 Thread Jason C. Wells
RW wrote: On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:59:44 -0800 Jason C. Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gutmann method might be excessive but any software that uses it shows a seriousness about security. Gutmann himself regards the continued use of his method as Voodoo Yes well. We lay people have only