Notices tagged with dban
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In theory, #DBAN works directly with the drive hardware; no abstraction layer. This means that the drive electronics don't try to cache writes, optimize drive layout, or try to re-allocate bad sectors. Don't know if that's true for #dd
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Better to use #DBAN to wipe a drive: http://ur1.ca/ale1h And on modern drives multiple passes don't really help to remove data http://ur1.ca/5cx7t On the other hand, Peter Gutmann says " By deliberately under-stating the requirements for media sanitization in publicly-available guides, intelligence agencies can preserve their information-gathering capabilities while at the same time…
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