[DLC] WIPE vs SHRED?

[Brandon Griffis]

Interesting.  it has an iso version, but it's originally floppy based, and
this is ALL it does.  Actually given that they're older systems the floppy
is a nice option.

Not really a BBC, but for the specific job this is awesome.  Also the fact
that it's DoD standards compliant is nice.

-B

On 7/16/07, Matthew P Kemp <matthew.p.kemp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Brandon,
>
> Not sure if it has a business card size bootable iso, but does have
> a good bootable wiping program, look up DBAN.
>
>
>
> On 7/16/07, Brandon Griffis <brandongriffis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > For a long time I have used the utility SHRED when I wanted to (as best
> as
> > possible) make sure all data was removed from a drive, but not
> physically
> > destroy the drive.  I know that by default SHRED rewites random info to
> > whatever output you designate 25 times.  It always seemed to do a pretty
> > good job of eliminating the data.
> >
> > I am currently looking for a new bootable business card distro as
> lnx-bbc
> > hasn't been updated in almost 4 years, and I came across INSERT:
> > http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html
> >
> > They seem to have many interesting utilities (more by appearance than
> damn
> > small linux or feather linux), and can still fit on a BBC.  It can also
> be
> > installed to a flash drive.
> >
> > However, according to their application list they do not include SHRED
> > (though it does mention at the top that is is an incomplete list).  They
> do
> > however include a utility called WIPE:
> > http://wipe.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > The SF page really doesn't give any good info.  So I'm wondering if
> anyone
> > out there has used it, and/or can speak to how it compares to SHRED?  Or
> if
> > anybody has suggestions for a BBC that includes SHRED.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brandon
> >
>
>
> --
> Matthew P Kemp
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