Fast Wipe

- Fast Wipe: wipe files and/or free hd space FAST!
- Fast wipe has also secure deletion! wipe&fswipe now supports up to 12 different wipe standards.
- It works from command line: windows and linux os available.
- Works on any mounted partition.
- Added windows installer
- Completely Rewritten and Improved
- Fixed windows execution usn

Features

Overwrites completely free HD space
Very FAST!
Small CPU load
Low Requirements
SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE
FREE & Open Source (Go & C sources)
Windows and Linux OS
File and directory wipe allowing wildcards, several parameters and rounds
Guttman Method (35 rewrites)
Bruce Schneier (7 rewrites)
German VSITR (7 rewrites)
Canadian RCMP TSSIT OPS-II (7 rewrites)
Department of Defense (DoD) USA 5220.22-M (ECE) (7 rewrites)
Department of Defense (DoD) USA 5220.22-M (3 rewrites/3 verify)
British HMG IS5 (Enhanced) (3 rewrites)
NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM) (3 rewrites/1 verify)
NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL) (3 rewrites/1 verify)
NAVSO P-5239-26 (ALT) (3 rewrites/1 verify)
Russian GOST P50739-95 (2 rewrites)
British HMG IS5 (1 rewrite/1 verify)
Configurable Buffer Size
Bugfixes from previous versions & more bugfixes :)
Better docs
Better installers for Windows / Linux
NO USN/MFT wipe Traces (Windows NTFS)

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop, Security Professionals, System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line, Console/Terminal

Programming Language

C, Go

Related Categories

C Security Software, C File Systems, Go Security Software, Go File Systems

Registered

2014-04-19

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