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Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>,
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Subject: Re: Gutman Method on Empty Space
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> That said, this won't satisfy the Gutmann requirement as far as I
> understand it and overwriting a file three times is not considered a
> true secure wipe of data.  This data would still be theoretically
> recoverable.
how? even single write is enough