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  • Nuke a hard drive with DBAN

    Nuke a hard drive with DBAN

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    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...

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  • 5 open source projects you should consider

    5 open source projects you should consider

    Posted on June 6, 2009 | No Comments
    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...

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  • 7 useful Linux Live CDs

    7 useful Linux Live CDs

    Posted on May 6, 2009 | No Comments
    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...

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  • Open source tools I can’t work without

    Open source tools I can’t work without

    Posted on January 3, 2009 | 3 Comments
    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...

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