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diff --git a/system/nwipe/README b/system/nwipe/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..8faf10c22c369 --- /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 |