On 03/26/2018 12:26 PM, et...@757.org wrote: > AFAIK there has been a bounty out to recover data with a single wipe > that hasn't been collected. I thought it was all theory and never done > in practice?
Here's the Gutmann paper that many people cite: https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/sec96/full_papers/gutmann/index.html This may be applicable to early hard drives, but probably not practical with later hard drives. However, like a bad penny, the legend has persisted and IT management has, ever since, been irrationally paranoid. --Chuck
