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| Subject: | RE: Data Recovery |
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| Date: | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:02:44 -0500 |
Nice article, Kurt, but this issue is not confined to just NTFS formatted volumes. With Windows, and other operating systems, propensity to create temp files and use memory paging, I would never trust a wiping application to remove all evidences of a file by just wiping the file itself. A complete erase of the disk is the only way to insure that the data is gone. Greg Kelley, EnCE Vestige Digital Investigations Computer Forensics | Electronic Discovery | Corporate Surety 46 Public Square, Ste 220 Medina, OH 44256 (330)721-1205 x5432 (330)721-1206 Fax http://www.vestigeltd.com -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Seifried [mailto:bt@seifried.org] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:10 PM To: Russell Aspinwall; forensics@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Data Recovery
In response to data recovery after 57+ formats query The UK magazine Computer Shopper carried a feature article "Recovery Position" in its March 2006 issue, which can be found here http://www.computershopper.co.uk and search for Recovery Position. It appears that disk erasing programs do not delete the data, if you have
the
right tools for recovery; however a hammer does work.
No surprise there. http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html Pretty much all the programs fail with NTFS alternate data streams, files that are hosted in the NTFS MFT, or simply fail to wipe normal files at all.
-- Regards Russell
-Kurt
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