Expect to see fewer hard drives.

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Feb 2 07:40:01 2003

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:

> I bought a Sun Sparcstation 4/330 a few years ago. It's hdd was intact
> and after breaking the password file (I used a program called 'John the
> Ripper' on it), turns out it was an ex-Nasa machine used to model
> rockets. Neato find, but dumb of Nasa to let it out without blanking
> the drive or even making an attempt to blank it.
>
> Turns out it's original home was the Marshal Space Flight Center. I
> really thought that was NEAT.

I guess its going to be interesting to see whats still on the number of
ex-NASA systems I bought from a 3rd party ages ago. They were all nearly
100% intact, including the drives, and I expect that they were not wiped
either. (And before anyone emails me privately, no, I won't be sharing
anything I might find.)

-Toth
Received on Sun Feb 02 2003 - 07:40:01 GMT