Changelog
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-8
User interface extension added for Mac OS X 10.6.
BCWipe now shows the block device in addition to path where the free space is wiped.
Help documentation updated.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-7
Clean up temporary files after wiping free space on MacOS X.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-6
System random replaced with
Bob Jenkins
ISAAC random number generator.
Direct IO access mode is set as preferred for block devices.
Disk size detection on AIX systems improved.
Multi-thread mode for wiping block devices added.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-4
HP-UX compatibility improved.
Interrupted free space wiping won't leave temporary files.
More reliable temporary files deletion.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-3
Problem with wiping special files on Solaris systems resolved.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-2
AIX 5.3 compatibility bug fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.9-1
New wiping standards added: U.S. DoE, German BCI/VSITR, Bruce Schneier's.
User defined wiping schemes support added.
Verbose logging added.
Automatic configuration script (GNU Autoconf) added.
Minor bugs fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.7-7
Critical bug for AIX 5.2 fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.7-3
Temporary files creation on HP-UX 11 fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.7-2
Error in getting linked device size for Solaris fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.7-1
Last pass data verification added according to US DoD 5220.22-M.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-8
Wiping block devices in NAS mode added.
Device capacity reading improved on HP-UX.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-6
Wiping block devices via symbolic links fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-5
NAS mode wiping improved.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-4
Block device wiping improved.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-3
IBM AIX support added.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.6-1
Options for test wiping passes added (overwriting by zeros and overwriting by writing sector numbers)
Minor bug fixes
BCWipe for UNIX v1.4-1
NAS wiping support added.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.3-1
Wipe free space (
-F
) option added
SHA1 random generation method improved.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.2-3
(Thanks to Bill Orvis for corrections)
File is shredded with its slack now.
-m
option handling fixed.
Wiping patterns fixed.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.2
Program options changed.
User documentation added.
BCWipe for UNIX v1.1
Large files (over 2GB) wiping addded.
Block device wiping fixed for Solaris.
BCWipe for UNIX v0.2
initial release.