Re: Hard Drive Destruct System?

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 17:34:25 GMT

In article <co9dgu$t1d$1@nyytiset.pp.htv.fi>,
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  <lahippel@IEEE.ORGasm-research.invalid> wrote:
:Next time you could use the $0 method: store sensitive data in encrypted
:files or partitions. Physical destruction won't be necessary.

Yeh, provide the attacker with a very large base of known
plaintext / cryptotext pairs [the operating system, the filesystem
table, headers for known document types], and give the attacker
unlimited access and time to make the attempt. That'll stay secure
for sure. 

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