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Re: [BugTraq] Peter Gutmann data deletion theaory?
From: Richard Clayton <richard () highwayman com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:57:15 +0100
In article <20050724001536.GC32500 () paradise net nz>, Volker Kuhlmann <list0570 () paradise net nz> writes
Unlike DRAM and SRAM, Flash etc. has no continual or repetitive amplification function. Traces of previous charges may remain, but I doubt they would be recoverable, except perhaps by the most drastic forensic techniquesI would expect flash memory content to be easily recoverable when opening the chip.
yes indeed ! there's remnants of charge left on the floating gates of transistors, even after explicit attempts to erase; and they are relatively straightforward to read out have a look at Sergei Skorobogatov's research on this topic (and on data remanence on semiconductors generally) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sps32/ -- richard Richard Clayton They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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