Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 19569
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2000/10/26-28 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:19569 Activity:high
1/26    If you click the "save password" feature of Win98/NT, how do
        you get rid of any trace of it when you decide to remove that
        option?
           \_ fdisk
              \_ fdisk won't be enough, you moron.  It's trivial to restore
                 a partition table -- the info is still there.  You need to do
                    dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ntpartition
        \_ D00d you're using Win98.  How 'bout some nice NT?
        \_ Where is a 3133T M1CR0$0F+/C3RT1F13D H@X0R5 when you need one?
        \_ Where is a 3133T M1CR0$0F+/C3RT1F13D H@X0R when you need one?
           \_ Don't you mean 3133T M$C3 N3TW0RX G0D?
           \_ Keep in mind that erasing the file does not erase the data. On most
              hard disks, complete eradication of original data requires 5-10
              writes to that same spot.
        \_ wipe hard drive with large magnet
        \_ It depends on what program is doing the remembering, but you
           will have a <username>.pwl file in the \WINDOWS (\WINNT)
           directory --sowings
           \_ Keep in mind that erasing the wet spot does not erase the data.
              On most dresses, complete eradication of original data requires
              5-10 wipes to that same spot.
        \_ Install it as mail spool disk for my ISP. They will make sure the
           disk is busted and none of the data recoverable. They will also
           make sure they do not make any backup tapes of the disk.
           \_ gooooooOOOOOO EPOCH!
        \_ To be on the safe side, overwrite the disk with random data
           five times.