RE: Hard drives v. CF/Smart media/etc.

["Herman Frederick Ebeling, Jr." <hfebelingjr () lycos com>]

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From: Raoul Armfield [mailto:armfield () amnh org]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 October, 2005 14:09
To: hfebelingjr () lycos com
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Hard drives v. CF/Smart media/etc.

: Herman Frederick Ebeling, Jr. wrote:
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:: Here's a good question that I don't think I've seen any articles on.  As we
:: all know even though that just because a
:: file is "deleted" from a HD doesn't mean that the info is really "deleted"
:: as it can (depending on how badly someone
:: wants to) be recovered.  Does the same hold true for CF/Smart media/etc.
:: types of media?
::
:
: Yes since they are for the most part using FAT or FAT32 as the file
: system.  So deleting a file still only marks the space as overwritable
: not actually removing the data.

Raoul,

        What if someone is using the NTFS file system?  How many time would one have to
overwrite the data before it became
unrecoverable?  Would say PGPs wipe function be more effective on flash media
then on an actual HD/floppy disk?

Herman

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