30 seems a little high but as of 7 years ago (the last time I dug into these things), the ability to recover data that has been overwritten 8 times was available in many advanced commercial labs and government agencies. Given that it was 7 years ago, I'm sure they've made some progress since. However, I too, am curious about 30. Can't help but wonder if it's a scare tactic. If you're physically close to their office, how about shipping them a HDD to prove it?
joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Adams [mailto:dadams@;johncrowley.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Interesting One > > > Greetings Folks, > > I had an interesting conversation today with someone > from FAST > (Federation Against Software Theft) They pretend not > to be a snitch wing > of the BSA. Anyway, to get to the point, the guy > that came to see me > said that their forensics guys could read data off a > hard drive that had > been written over up to thirty times. I find this > very hard to believe > and told him I thought he was mistaken but the guy > was adamant that it > could be done. My question is, does anyone have any > views on this, or, > can anyone point me to a source of information where > I can get the facts > on exactly how much data can be retrieved off a hard > drive and under > what conditions etc etc. > > Thanks > > Dave Adams > > > > This message (and any associated files) is intended > only for the > use of the individual or entity to which it is > addressed and may > contain information that is confidential, subject to > copyright or > constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the > intended recipient > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > copying or > distribution of this message, or files associated > with this message, > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the > message and deleting > it from your computer. Messages sent to and from > John Crowley (Maidstone) Ltd may be monitored. > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be > secure or error-free > as information could be intercepted, corrupted, > lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, > we do not accept > responsibility for any errors or omissions that are > present in this > message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a > result of e-mail > transmission. If verification is required, please > request a hard-copy > version. Any views or opinions presented are solely > those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of John > Crowley (Maidstone) Ltd. ===== There are but 2 absolute certainties in life: death and taxes - not mutually exclusive. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
