[Utility] ShredOS
8 messages · started by Devi Garcia on Oct 18, 2024
[Utility] ShredOS
From Devi Garcia · Oct 18, 2024
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware.
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware.
[Utility] ShredOS
From Devi Garcia · Oct 18, 2024
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware.
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware.
Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Rex Bouwense · Oct 19, 2024
If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have
sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David. On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
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sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David. On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
Quoted reply (22 lines)
What is ShredOS? ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with
What is ShredOS? ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware. https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64 https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cochise Linux Users Group Mailing List - cochiselinux@freelists.org For more information: https://cochiselinuxusergroup.org/ Mailing List Archive: https://www.freelists.org/archive/cochiselinux To unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/cochiselinux
Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Charles Breaux · Oct 19, 2024
why not just reformat the disk?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
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If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as well as the current OS. Thanks David.
If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have
sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David.
On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with
the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks
using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then
you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the
advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows,
DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any
further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe
originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements
and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS
hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux
kernel so it will support modern hardware.
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases
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Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Rex Bouwense · Oct 19, 2024
Charles, this is Linux. There is almost always more than one way
to accomplish the same goal. You do what you think is right.
On 10/19/24 08:53, Charles Breaux
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why not just reformat the disk? On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at
why not just reformat the disk?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have
sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David.
On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with
the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks
using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then
you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the
advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows,
DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any
further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe
originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements
and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS
hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux
kernel so it will support modern hardware.
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases
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Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Devi Garcia · Oct 19, 2024
A "reformat" is fine for most personal situations.. shredOS or similar things would be for when someone is donating or throwing away the drives and wants the data to not be recovered or at least not as easily just loading a program and hit recover and have all your files show up like nothing ever happened... Which is ShredOS has the certificate option to show it was successfully wiped since more for technicians and businesses
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 8:58 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
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Charles, this is Linux. There is almost always more than one way to accomplish the same goal. You do what you think is right. On 10/19/24 08:53, Charles Breaux
Charles, this is Linux. There is almost always more than one way to accomplish the same goal. You do what you think is right.
On 10/19/24 08:53, Charles Breaux wrote:
why not just reformat the disk?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have
sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David.
On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with
the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks
using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then
you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the
advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows,
DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any
further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe
originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements
and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS
hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux
kernel so it will support modern hardware.
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases
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Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Charles Breaux · Oct 19, 2024
got it, thanks...once again my ignorance precedes me
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 10:23 AM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:
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A "reformat" is fine for most personal situations.. shredOS or similar things would be for when someone is donating or throwing away the drives and wants the data to not be recovered or at least not as easily just loading a program and hit recover and have all your files show up like nothing ever happened... Which is ShredOS has the certificate option to show it was successfully wiped since more for technicians and businesses On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 8:58 AM Rex Bouwense < clug.rexb@gmail.com > wrote: Charles, this is Linux. There is almost always more than one way
A "reformat" is fine for most personal situations.. shredOS or similar things would be for when someone is donating or throwing away the drives and wants the data to not be recovered or at least not as easily just loading a program and hit recover and have all your files show up like nothing ever happened... Which is ShredOS has the certificate option to show it was successfully wiped since more for technicians and businesses
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 8:58 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
Charles, this is Linux. There is almost always more than one way to accomplish the same goal. You do what you think is right.
On 10/19/24 08:53, Charles Breaux wrote:
why not just reformat the disk?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@gmail.com> wrote:
If you are going to sell your computer or donate it and you have
sensitive information stored on it, ShredOS will securely delete it as
well as the current OS. Thanks David.
On 10/18/24 06:03, Devi Garcia wrote:
What is ShredOS?
ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with
the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks
using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then
you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the
advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows,
DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any
further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe
originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements
and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS
hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux
kernel so it will support modern hardware.
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64
https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases
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Re: [Utility] ShredOS
From Teruel deCampo MD · Oct 20, 2024
Devi,
Thank you.
Whenever I need to whipped out a HD I use the dd command:
Boot from a live distro
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda conv=notrunc but it is a dangerous command and if you had a typo on the "sdaxx" you
can whipped out all of your data. I will make a ShredOS nice. You always come with nice tips. Thanks again Devi. -=terry=-
On Fri, 2024-10-18 at 06:03 -0700, Devi Garcia wrote:
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Whenever I need to whipped out a HD I use the dd command:
Boot from a live distro
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda conv=notrunc but it is a dangerous command and if you had a typo on the "sdaxx" you
can whipped out all of your data. I will make a ShredOS nice. You always come with nice tips. Thanks again Devi. -=terry=-
On Fri, 2024-10-18 at 06:03 -0700, Devi Garcia wrote:
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What is ShredOS? ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution
What is ShredOS? ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. If you are familiar with dwipe from DBAN then you will feel right at home with ShredOS and nwipe. What are the advantages of nwipe over dwipe/DBAN? Well as everybody probably knows, DBAN development stopped in 2015 which means it has not received any further bug fixes or support for new hardware since that date. Nwipe originally was a fork of dwipe but has continued to have improvements and bug fixes and is now available in many Linux distros. ShredOS hopefully will always provide the latest nwipe on a up to date Linux kernel so it will support modern hardware. https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64 https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases
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