WipeDisk/UX
WipeDisk/UX is an HP-UX program to erase ("wipe") a disk drive.
(Versions for MPE/iX and MPE/V are also available.)
Allegro Consultants, Inc. is NOT responsible for any data
loss you might incur as a result of running this program.
This program is DESIGNED to erase disk drive(s)!
The only way to guarantee a disk has been wiped is to use a product such as WipeDisk/UX.
The default WipeDisk/UX wiping method meets DoD 5220.22-M standards for clearing (wiping) disks
(here,
and a locally cached copy is here).
WipeDisk/UX has four modes of wiping:
- NISPOMC One pass over the disk (write)
(meets NISPOM section 8-306, option "c")
(local copy here)
- NISPOMD Four passes (3 write, 1 read)
(meets NISPOM section 8-306, option "d")
(local copy here)
- HIPAA Six passes (3 of (write, read))
(meets Department of Health and Human Services requirements)
(local copy here)
- ACSI33 Nine passes (W,r,W,r,W,W,W,W,W)
(meets the Australian Government's Department of
Defence's Information Technology Security Manual ACSI 33, section 3.4.39, 2006-09-29)
(local copy here)
For more information or a free demo of the product, contact us at
info@allegro.com or (408) 252-2330.
(DoD 5220.22-M National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) January 1995
Department of Defense - Department of Energy - Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. Government Printing Office ISBN 0-16-045560-X
(see section 8-306, Clearing and Sanitization Matrix, option "c").)
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