In comp.os.linux.development.system David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

| On Feb 27, 9:29 am, phil-news-nos...@ipal.net wrote:
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|> I'd also recommend wiping the data with random bits instead of zeros.
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| Why? To protect against possible even more bizarre, even more
| hypothetical attacks? This attack is so bizarre, it's barely worth
| doing much of anything about.

It's to confuse analysis after the fact. If the wipe is incomplete, it
is easy to see where the wipe ends and the data begins. With random bits
it is harder.

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