Re: Hard Drive Destruct System?

From: John Mason Jr (notvalid_at_cox.net.invalid)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:30:15 -0500

mike3 wrote:
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>
> So, what would you need for a secure _self destruct_ mechanism? That
> means, to DESTROY the disk by COMMAND CODES. How about a chemical
> destruction mechanism? You'd have two chemicals on either side of the
> drive, which are normally inert, but when they mix, become a highly
> corrosive brew that eats the metal of a hard drive. Then all you have
> to do is have the drive in a sealed bay with the chemicals on each
> side. Once the proper command is recieved, the chemicals would pour
> into where the drive is, destroying it. The problem: Does anyone know
> if there's any chemicals that do that?

Thermite

JM

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