Forensics
RE: Reality and 2.5" laptop drives, Re: Macintosh wiping (but why ) Mar 28 2005 04:18PM
Altheide, Cory B. (IARC) (AltheideC nv doe gov) (1 replies)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lim Ming Wei [mailto:mwlim (at) pacific.net (dot) sg [email concealed]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: dave kleiman; forensics (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> Cc: 'gwen hastings'
> Subject: Re: Reality and 2.5" laptop drives, Re: Macintosh
> wiping (but why)
>
> Hi All,
>
> I believe that there is a degausser that is available by Data
> Security that is able to do that. This deguasser is strong
> enough to wipe out any information in the hard disk. It's
> totally gone. I know because I had be working with this
> machine. You might want to consider using the HD 6000 or T1.
> The only set back is that you can only degaussed a hard
> disk at a time. However, be prepare to pay about $40K for
> this baby ...

... and, be prepared to pay again in ~18 months or so when drive densities
outpace the capabilities of existing consumer grade degaussers.

Cory Altheide
Senior Network Forensics Specialist
NNSA Information Assurance Response Center (IARC)
altheidec (at) nv.doe (dot) gov [email concealed]
"I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -- Francis Bacon

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Re: Reality and 2.5" laptop drives, Re: Macintosh wiping (but why ) Mar 29 2005 04:17PM
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