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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:01:21 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   I’m going to patch dd to use this-side-towards-enemy=/dev/... instead of of=/dev/....

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     Koos van den Hout (khoos@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:03:34 JST Koos van den Hout

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     @ryanc this may save some people from making errors

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     Simon Zerafa (simonzerafa@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:14:40 JST Simon Zerafa

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     @ryanc

     Or source= and destination= ?

     However your scheme has much more charm 🙂👍

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 19:28:40 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • bws

     @bws This is a preemptive strike.

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     bws (bws@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 19:28:41 JST bws

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     @ryanc what data did you loose/how long did it take to restore? 🫣

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     🔗 David Sommerseth (dazo@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 20:11:58 JST 🔗 David Sommerseth

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     @ryanc

     A shorter version could be puncher and victim .....

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:23:41 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • HowToPhil (Phillip R)

     @howtophil Problem media generally gets disposed of, but I've used ddrescue before.

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     HowToPhil (Phillip R) (howtophil@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:23:42 JST HowToPhil (Phillip R)

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     @ryanc consider ddrescue instead as it deals with problem media in more robust ways?