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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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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

Registered

2012-01-22

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