Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk 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.
SourceForge Changes Are Causing Interruptions
The DBAN project host, SourceForge, is doing an upgrade that is affecting the download page and the forums. Please try again later if you get an error message.
Details about what is currently happening is a available at the SourceForge Site Status page.
These changes will bring DBAN users a better forum, project tracker, and documentation system.
Government Of Canada awards NMSO status to EBAN
The Government Of Canada recently awarded GEEP Ecosys a three-year National Master Standing Offer contract for the EBAN data sanitization product and its related portfolio of computer recycling, asset disposition, and data destruction services.
EBAN is currently available to all federal agencies for download at the GEEP GoC web portal, and it will be available as NMSO #E60QE-08BIO4/003/QE through PWGSC sometime in 2009.
Lenovo ARS chooses GEEP Durham
GEEP North Carolina has been contracted to operate Lenovo's Asset Recovery Program for enterprise customers in North America. Watch the television short and visit the IBM ARS page for more information.
GEEP Texas becomes a Tier 1 Dell partner
GEEP Texas is now a Tier 1 certified Dell partner. The portfolio of GEEP recycling, asset disposition, and data destruction services (like EBAN) are now available to Dell enterprise customers in North America directly or through Dell Consulting.
DBAN review in RCMP TSB B2-001 Bulletin
DBAN was reviewed by the RCMP and it met their minimum standard for use by Canadian government agencies. The report summary is published here:
http://www.rcmp.gc.ca/tsb/pubs/it_sec/b2-001_e.pdf
We are working on a release that will fully conform to the B2-001 specification. DBAN qualifies as a domestic product because it is supported by a company with incorporations in most Canadian provinces.
