dban Archive

Nuke a hard drive with DBAN

No!, we are not going to blow up a hard drive, but instead render any data in it un-recoverable by using a free and open source utility called DBAN. DBAN is both trusted by government agencies and easy to use. DBAN can boot from a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or...
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5 open source projects you should consider

pfSense pfSense is a powerful and versatile open source firewall/router based on FreeBSD that can be used on existing hardware. pfSense includes most of the features found on commercial and proprietary solutions. Equally important is the ability to control and administer pfSense from a web interface. The system can be further...
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7 useful Linux Live CDs

Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") The program is designed to securely erase a hard disk until data is permanently removed and no longer recoverable, which is achieved by overwriting the data with random numbers generated by Mersenne twister or ISAAC (a PRNG). The Gutmann method is included with DBAN. DBAN can be...
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Open source tools I can’t work without

Whether it's for recovery or day to day activities open source has a lot to offer. From simple entertainment software to data recovery there are a lot of options available in the Internet. Here is a list of what I commonly use to get the job done, if you have...
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