hai,
i tried looking for the wipe algorithm used by DBAN. i couldn't find it on
sourceforge either. pls point me to it if you can find it.
there is the screen shot with some info about the algorithm
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=61951&ssid=39777
it appears to be using the PRNG MT19937 and a DoD- 3 pass wipe. Honestly, the
wipe is not good enough. well actually this depends on the power of the
adversary. i would recommend that you use a Gutmann wipe with a larger number
of wipe passes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_method
Sarad.
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:45:52 +0530
From: Arun Khan <knura@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Overwriting hard disk
To: "ILUG-C" <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sunday 21 Dec 2008, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
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A: (courtesy dpkg bot on #debian on irc.debian.org and abrotman)
extra, extra, read all about it, dban is http://www.dban.org/
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy/CD
