KillDisk is a program written in python for Unix based systems for wiping a hard drive. It can wipe a hard drive using all zeroes or random data, and as many times as you want to specify.

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Features

  • Overwrite hard drive sectors with zeroes
  • Overwrite hard drive sectors with random data
  • Wipe hard drives multiple times consecutively
  • KillDisk will announce the beginning of each new wipe count to make up for the lack of a progress bar from DD.

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Categories

Security, File Managers, Disk Formatting, Data Wipe

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Information Technology, Security Professionals, System Administrators

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Security Software, Python File Managers, Python Disk Formatting Software, Python Data Wipe Software

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2012-01-22
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