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Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

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2003-07-16 05:27
1.0.1

This release will wipe the last odd sector on disks with odd sector counts. All known bugs in the first version 1 release have been fixed.
Tags: Minor bugfixes

2003-06-27 10:47
2003062600

This release was recompiled with BLOCK_SIZE set to 512 in the kernel and in the system library, which should expose the last sector in devices with odd sector counts.
Tags: Beta, Minor bugfixes

2003-05-28 02:13
1.0.0

This release features a graphical user interface which lets users
interactively choose the devices they wish to wipe. Also included are
the DoD 5220-22.M standard wipe, the RCMP TSSIT OPS-II standard wipe,
the PRNG Stream wipe, additional verification modes, and a rounds
option.
Tags: Major feature enhancements

2003-05-21 01:24
2003052000

In this release candidate of version 1, the RCMP TSSIT OPS-II standard wipe has been included, internal result codes have been made consistent, and the rc script resets the console after unhandled dwipe failures.
Tags: Beta, Major feature enhancements

2003-05-17 10:25
2003051600

In this release candidate of version 1, the dwipe
component now writes log files that are included in
the log tarball.
Tags: Beta, Major feature enhancements

Project Resources

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