Data Erasure - Implementations

Implementations

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  • BCWipe (proprietary, supports UNIX and Windows)
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke (open source, operating system itself)
  • Data Shredder (proprietary, supports Windows)
  • Disk Utility (part of Mac OS X)
  • HDDerase (proprietary freeware based on DOS)
  • PGP Desktop
  • Shredit (proprietray, MacOS 7+, Windows 95+, iOS)
  • shred (Unix, part of the GNU Core Utilities)
  • WBD(Wipe Bad Disk) (specialized in wiping disks with bad sectors)
  • DockShredder (freeware, MacOS 10.8+)

There are dozens of other tools for various operating systems.

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