[TriLUG] Disk Wipers

[Mike Shaw]

On 8/19/07, Craig Taylor <ctalkobt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What disk 'wipe' programs are available for linux that can be run from the
> command line on a drive volume? [[ I'm wanting to do it from the command
> line so that once the drives are auto-detected / plugged in the wipe can
> be
> started. They'll be hooked up through ata to usb converters so that > 4
> drives can be handled at any given time. ]]
>
> I'm thinking 'dd if=/dev/rand' multiple times might be sufficient but I do
> want to maintain what they're currently using ( supposedly dod complient 3
> pass - dban 'Derek's Boot & Nuke).



There is bcwipe(http://www.jetico.com/) and wipe(
http://wipe.sourceforge.net/).  I use bcwipe just because it seems a bit
more polished.  Other than that as you mentioned Darik's Boot and Nuke
("DBAN") - http://dban.sourceforge.net/ does do a great job at wiping entire
systems.

Good luck!

Mike
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