Darik"s Boot and Nuke "DBAN" is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good way to totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and spyware. DBAN prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis. New DBAN users should read the README.TXT file.
Changelog:
* New feature: USB Drivers
* New feature: Flash Drivers
* New feature: Post-wipe disk formatting.
* New feature: Post-wipe boot splash.
* Linux 2.6.20.7 upgrade.
* Modularized kernel.
* Added init process.
* Added virtual consoles.
* Added mtools for filesystem access.
* Added lshw hardware manifest reporting.
* Removed kernel partition support.
* Removed kernel filesystem support.
* Changed log file format to XML.
* Changed log file archive to ZIP.
* Preliminary Apple PPC platform support.
* Preliminary Sun SPARC platform support.