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Re: Securely wiping a "dead" usb pen drive

Subject: Re: Securely wiping a "dead" usb pen drive
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:25:44 -0400
from working similarly well.
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The bad blocks issue is independent of whether it is solid state or
magnetic so "similarly well" is okay. ;) But your point is well taken. 

I should look at the source for shred but I doubt there is much that it
can do to destroy residual data in blocks marked as bad. Like you said,
those details are probably hidden by the drive's remapping logic. 

Hmm, interesting thing to play with this weekend perhaps. 

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Nathan R. Valentine <nathan@nathanvalentine.org>

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