1993-10-01 - Re: POISON PILL
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From: jet@netcom.com (J. Eric Townsend)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-10-01 17:43:38 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 10:43:38 PDT
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From: jet@netcom.com (J. Eric Townsend)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 10:43:38 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: POISON PILL
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Doug Merritt writes:
> Actually, you'd be surprised what is recoverable in the aftermath of
> an explosion. Bombs truly are no guarantee of unrecoverability of data,
> at least not simple things like dynamite and pipe bombs.
The US Gov policy for the disposal of any media that has been used to
store classified data is:
wipe -- demagnatize with a *massive* demag unit
grind -- toss in a thing that'd make ground chuck out of godzilla
incenerate -- at some amazingly high temperature.
The media is treated as if it had classified data until after step #3.
-eric
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- 1993-10-01 (Thu, 30 Sep 93 18:57:08 PDT) - Re: POISON PILL - doug@netcom.com (Doug Merritt)
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