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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 18:49:40 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure deletion
Message-ID:  <19990520065202.IDMD7869945.mta1-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <199905200642.QAA11368@avalon.reed.wattle.id.au>
References:  <37438E4C.4B95B937@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "May 19, 99 10:23:40 pm"

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On 20 May 99, at 16:42, Darren Reed wrote:

> I'd worry about this sort of thing when and if FreeBSD is ever used for
> storing of (officially) classified/confidential material and even then,
> the solution is likely to be to take a hammer or drill to the disks.

I know of at least one government department which drills through the 
platters when disposing of a disk drive.
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