Darik's Boot and Nuke
Product Feature Checklist

This checklist applies to DBAN version 1.0.x.

• Free.
• Fast. Rapid deployment in emergency situations.
• Easy. Start the computer with DBAN and press the ENTER key.
• Safe. Irrecoverable data destruction. Prevents most forensic data recovery techniques.

Price and Usage Restrictions
Price per computer:	FREE
Price per user:	FREE
Number of wipes:	UNLIMITED
Open source code:	YES
User Rights:	GPL PROTECTED
Wipe Methods
Quick Erase	YES
Canadian RCMP TSSIT OPS-II Standard Wipe	YES
American DoD 5220-22.M Standard Wipe	YES
Gutmann Wipe	YES
PRNG Stream Wipe	YES
Enhancements
8/33/137 gigabyte disk size BIOS limit fix:	YES
Fast PRNG (Mersenne Twister)	YES
Entropy Seeding	YES
Verification	YES
Logging	YES
Hardware Drivers
Controllers: XT, IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI	ALL
Consoles: Serial, HGA, VGA	ALL
Buses: ISA, MCA, PCI	ALL

Platform Support

• Hardware
  • DBAN has all available drivers for SCSI disks.
  • DBAN has all available drivers for IDE, PATA, and SATA disks.
  • DBAN runs on all 32-bit x86-class computers (Athlon, Pentium, and others) with at least 8 megs of memory. If you find an incompatible machine, then please report it.
• Software
  • DBAN supports all Microsoft platforms and securely destroys FAT, VFAT, and NTFS filesytems.
    • MS-DOS, Windows 3.1
    • Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME
    • Windows NT 3.0, Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4.0
    • Windows 2000, Windows XP
  • DBAN supports all unix platforms and securely destroys ReiserFS, EXT, and UFS filesystems.
    • FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
    • Linux
    • BeOS
    • QNX

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