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admsupport
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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: Beginer Question: Shreeder method |
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Is it based on Peter Gutmann method, the NSA algorithm?
What is the level of security and how many passes does it make?
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fgagnon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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AFIK, it's just a single-pass all 0's (or maybe all 1's) wipe.
Not secure against forensic data recovery, but irretrievable by ordinary file system means. |
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admsupport
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| thanks fgagnon! |
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