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| author | Michael Edie <michael@sawbox.net> | 2022-08-18 04:11:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2022-08-20 10:06:38 +0700 |
| commit | 90efc0dd26cb93971e57026435c9ffaefa4ff410 (patch) | |
| tree | f7d6a8935b51d8179a98edef9ee02f22edc899cc /system/nwipe/README | |
| parent | a2c33381dde1ee7f864f5181c7fff1162884611a (diff) | |
system/nwipe: Added (secure disk eraser)
Signed-off-by: Dave Woodfall <dave@slackbuilds.org>
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/nwipe/README')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/nwipe/README b/system/nwipe/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8faf10c22c36 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/nwipe/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +nwipe is a fork of the dwipe command originally used by Darik's Boot +and Nuke (DBAN). nwipe was created out of a need to run the DBAN dwipe +command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any host +distribution, thus giving better hardware support. + +nwipe is a program that will securely erase the entire contents of +disks. It can wipe a single drive or multiple disks simultaneously. +It can operate as both a command line tool without a GUI or with a +ncurses GUI. + +The user can select from a variety of recognised secure erase methods: + +- Fill With Zeros +- Fill With Ones +- RCMP TSSIT OPS-II +- DoD Short +- DoD 5220.22M +- Gutmann Wipe +- PRNG Stream +- HMG IS5 enhanced |