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BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete selected files so that they can never be recovered or undeleted.
BCWipe complies with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) standard, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE M 205.1-2) standard and a set of other standard wiping schemes. You can also create and use your own customized wiping scheme to wipe sensitive information from storage devices installed on your computer.
BCWipe complies with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) standard, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE M 205.1-2) standard and a set of other standard wiping schemes. You can also create and use your own customized wiping scheme to wipe sensitive information from storage devices installed on your computer.
What's New
Version 1.98:
- User interface extension added for Mac OS X 10.6.
- Resource fork wiping added for Mac OS X.
- BCWipe now shows the device where free space is to be wiped.
- User documentation updated.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete selected files so that they can never be recovered or undeleted.
BCWipe complies with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) standard, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE M 205.1-2) standard and a set of other standard wiping schemes. You can also create and use your own customized wiping scheme to wipe sensitive information from storage devices installed on your computer.
BCWipe complies with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) standard, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE M 205.1-2) standard and a set of other standard wiping schemes. You can also create and use your own customized wiping scheme to wipe sensitive information from storage devices installed on your computer.
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Isn't the Guttmann method plenty with 35 overwrites, which Disk Utility can perform for free?
I guess someone who downloads the app should comment but don't forget that Disk Utility can already clear your information D.O.D "standard."
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P.S. Peter Gutmann does NOT recommend his 35 pass wipe on MODERN hard disks. His old 35 pass method was optimized for OLD hard disks NOT modern SATA Hard disks. It still amazes me that people still think his 35 pass method is better.
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"Peter Gutmann does NOT recommend his 35 pass wipe on MODERN hard disks. His old 35 pass method was optimized for OLD hard disks NOT modern SATA Hard disks. It still amazes me that people still think his 35 pass method is better."
OK then, if Gutmann's 35 pass method is not secure enough for destroying data on a modern SATA hard disk, which method is better.
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OK then, if Gutmann's 35 pass method is not secure enough for destroying data on a modern SATA hard disk, which method is a better one?
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http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html
Wikipedia has a nice summary:
"Most of the patterns in the Gutmann method were designed for older MFM/RLL encoded disks. Relatively modern drives no longer use these older encoding techniques, making many of the patterns specified by Gutmann superfluous".
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_method
In other words many of the Gutmann passes do little to properly erase the data on Modern Hard disks.
Personally I would stick with the DoD 7 pass method included for free in OS X. (i.e. Use Secure Trash or srm command in the Mac OS X Terminal).
Of course, if you really want to make sure that the data is erased, I would put the hard drive through a Shredder designed to chew up hard disks.
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