From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 17:20:15 +0800
To: "Bruce Schneier" <jad@dsddhc.com>
Subject: Re: What the NSA is patenting
Message-ID: <19960907071846671.AAA207@IO-ONLINE.COM>
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On Fri, 06 Sep 1996 11:59:18 -0500, John Deters wrote:

>I hope some hardware hacker who knows their low-level stuff will be able to
>write a secure disk wiper.

They have: it's called a bulk tape eraser. <g>


I'd just store everything sensitive on a floppy. Those are easy to erase with a
heavy duty magnet (not a wimpy refrigerator magnet).  I understand slagging one
in the microwave is also effective <g>.

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