This page was last updated 2007-08-01.
Downloads
Download beta releases here at the DBAN project page. The latest public beta is dban-beta.2007042900_i386.
Product Roadmap
Version 1
dban-1.1.0
Modular kernel. (Added in beta 2007041900.)A "time remaining" indicator. (Added in beta 2006031600.)Use the DMF floppy disk layout, which will likely motivate writing a proper installer for Microsoft Windows. (WinImage 8 seems adequate.) Additional wipe methods. (The short DoD method was added in beta 2004022300. No other methods are on the wishlist.)Add contributed PRNGs. (ISAAC is in the dban-1.0.7 release.)Improved "CPU Load" display. (Fixed in beta 2004022400.)Upstream component upgrades. Recent uClibc releases must be built in a miniroot because the compiler wrappers have been deprecated. (Done in alpha.)Add drivers for USB and Firewire controllers. (Added in beta 2007041900.)- RAID volume disassembly. Hardware samples are needed.
Log to zip files instead of tarballs. (Added in beta 2007041900.)- Post-wipe seed creation.
- Add contributed translations.
Better hardware inventory. (lspci? lshw?) (Added lshw in beta 2007041900.)- Driver blob loader.
- Better SMART reporting.
- ATA "SECURE" methods.
Log digests for easy spreadsheet importing. (Changed logs to XML in beta 2007041900.)
Wishlist Items
- Support for vt100 terminals.
- A progress bar.
- A proper manual.
- A proper build system.
- Additional PRNGs. (eg: tiger)
- Advanced device information screens.
- Advanced device programming. (features from hdparm)
- Log to e-mail or network shares.
- DBAN for Apple Mac PPC computers. (In progress. Send me hardware.))
- DBAN for Sun SPARC computers. (In progress. Send me hardware.)
- RiSC port.
- Partition type and label recognition.
- Partition wipe queuing.
This is a list of things that I will do if the resources are provided. Also check the wishlist tracker for things that are wanted by the general public.
Hardware Wanted
I can use this kind of hardware to improve DBAN:
- Anything that you have that isn't already supported by DBAN.
- Fiberchannel controllers, switches, and disks.
- DLT tape drives and media. (For adding tape support to DBAN.)
- Hardware RAID controllers. (For implementing volume disassembly.)
LS-120 drives and media. (Thanks.)- PA-RISC computers.
- SPARC computers.
- PPC computers.
Contracting
I quote a flat fee for most DBAN enhancement and customization jobs. Past hiring me, feature requests that accompany a donation are much more likely to be implemented, especially if other people are making similar requests.
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