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").)