On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:21:27 -0500, "Harpalus a Como" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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. Hearsay.
>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? Because myths and misinformation should always be dispelled. > 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." Hearsay. 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.
