Re: Hard Drive Booby Trap

From: Goober (Goober_at_myplace.com)
Date: 06/10/03 

Date: 10 Jun 2003 13:06:50 GMT

"S.Heenan" <SusanH705removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:DoiFa.191517$Vi5.5312776@news1.calgary.shaw.ca...
> Goober wrote:
> > Is it possible to booby trap your hard drive?
> >
> > I've heard of an actual physical degausser which will demagnetize
> > the plates in your hard drive. It mounts inside the case.
> >
> > But I'm interested in knowing if there is a software that will
> > erase your hard drive when it is accessed with out your permission?
> >
> > Obviously if one had important financial, personal information
> > that they didn't want others to view this could be a choice.
> > File Hiders can be overcome. Any thoughts?
>
> Lots of software exists to overwrite data. Given time and enough
overwrites,
> data recovery isn't likely. The problem is the amount of time it takes. In
> theory, only physical destruction of the platters would be sufficient. A
> more practical method would be to use strong encryption and a removeable
> harddrive caddy.

The therory I'm proposing is upon startup. So time wouldn't matter.
You supposedly could not access the OS without the correct password,
if you attempted to, or had the wrong password, formatting would initiate.
Time wouldn't matter because even if you removed the hard drive,
or started over, it would always be upon the boot sequence.
The key is, fomatting or FDisk is something that is initiated in DOS,
through DOS keyboard commands. My question is, can those commands
be initiated automatically through a sequence or by a DOS program?
I'm just speculating, I'm certainly no expert. That's why I'm asking the
proffesionals here.

                                                 Goob

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>
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