[Gllug] Thoughts on secondhand server guide price

[John Winters]

Benjamin Donnachie wrote:
> 2009/6/17 Philip Hands <phil at hands.com <mailto:phil at hands.com>>
> 
>     That's very trusting of you :-)
> 
> 
> No more trusting than relying upon overwriting.  It's entirely possible 
> for the firmware to detect overwriting and shift data to another area of 
> the disk

Much more trusting then relying on overwriting.  There's a big gulf 
between a feature not quite working properly and a manufacturer 
deliberately adding extra firmware to *prevent* security.

John

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