Myth? Why are you so upset about this? It's not myth. The techniques involved in recovering data in the manner Marco and the NSA, DoD, and many others describe isn't a matter of running a simple software tool. It's a long, slow, annoying process that is also costly. But it is possible. Not every company or person in the forensics industry is a master at their job. If they say it's not possible, perhaps it's just "not something their software package does for them?" (I'm not trying to be derogatory, but I do know a guy who does computer forensics work, and the software/hardware he uses is about all he knows. He just goes through the motions. Doesn't know all that much about filesystems or disks.)
Why are you so hellbent on proving everybody wrong, to the point of actually shipping your drive off? It's by no means a myth. If it is, there are a number of companies and government institutions interesting in how they recover data in this fashion if it's "not possible." I'm having a hard time believing On Jan 3, 2008 7:54 PM, new_guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marco S Hyman wrote: > > > > "Brad Tilley" writes: > > > performed from the OpenBSD 4.2 install CD. I'll send it to the one > > > 'ISO Certified' company that agreed to examine it. If they cannot > > > > You keep throwing around the 'ISO Certified' tag as if it had some > > special meaning. Certified to what standard? > > > > I'm just parroting the *one* data recover company's marketing hype that > agreed to take the drive. They make this claim: > > "ISO 9001 - 2000 certified" > > I'm working on putting a website up now where I'll fully disclose the > details. Lots of pictures and details. I will attribute the dd used to > OpenBSD (the best OS on the planet bar none... although the dd on the > install CD did not support the conv option... I would have liked to have > done conv=noerror,sync). I plan to ship the drive off tomorrow. I plan to > put this myth to rest... where it belongs. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/delete-deleted-data-tp14560809p14608861.html > Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
