Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!ee.udel.edu From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: "Bad" backups Message-ID: <36353@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 14 Nov 90 19:25:06 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: snow-white.ee.udel.edu In article writes: >The file has been removed, >but you know that it's on regular backups that were made of that computer, >going as far back as six months. These backups represent protection against >disaster for you and the computer's users. Do you save the backups, knowing >that the illegal file is on them? Or do you erase or destroy the backups, >and possibly leave yourself in the lurch if they are needed? I've always wondered why intelligent people who run illegal (or possibly-illegal) BBSs and such don't have a provision for wiping them on a moment's notice. For example, why not have all local backups stored in range of a degausser that would turn on if the door to the room was opened before a particular switch was turned off elsewhere. I can't imagine this being illegal in any sense. What about storing the backups in a safe that would take damage to the backups inside to open? Such safes are available pretty cheaply. -- Darren -- --- Darren New --- Grad Student --- CIS --- Univ. of Delaware --- ----- Network Protocols, Graphics, Programming Languages, Formal Description Techniques (esp. Estelle), Coffee -----