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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:57:28 +0100
From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:55:18AM -0700, Joe S wrote:
: Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
: >the company where I work (with Windows) is evaluating a copy protection
: >product that stores info somewhere on the HDD where the user cannot touch 
: >it,
: >a format will not erase it, and Norton Ghost will not find it.
: >
: >1.  Any idea where this info could be stored?
: >2.  Any way the same thing could be done under FreeBSD?
: >
: >Thanks,
: >
: >jm
: 
: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/zero
: 
: Will overwrite the entire drive.

Thanks.  What I was wondering is if there is a way to do the same copy
protection in FreeBSD, where I could store the data in the same place on the
drive where the user cannot access it.

jcm
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