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Date:      Fri, 21 May 1999 14:13:09 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>
To:        CONDOR <condor@inreach.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: secure deletion
Message-ID:  <19990521141308.A85583@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <01BEA2F3.8E3149A0.condor@inreach.com>; from CONDOR on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 06:51:19PM -0700
References:  <01BEA2F3.8E3149A0.condor@inreach.com>

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On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 06:51:19PM -0700, CONDOR wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Avalon Books [SMTP:avalon@advicom.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, May 20, 1999 12:52
> To:	Dan Langille
> Cc:	Darren Reed; freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: secure deletion
> 
> 
>    It seems a bit extreme, but I will admit it *is* a secure erase
> method. That's military thinking for you...
> 
> [CONDOR]  I saw a good 'government approved CD eraser' at a convention one time.
> 
> -A guy had two heat warped CDs in a toaster..

You want to run them through a microwave oven first.  This will break
the recording material (not the plastic) into approx 1 inch long
areas, using a neat pattern of lightning to do it (I'm not kidding).

No prize but passing your physics class if you can say why it goes to
approx an inch long pieces, and all the effects then stop.

Eivind.


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