Fedora 16 Update: nwipe-0.06-2.fc16

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-0605
2012-01-16 21:06:14
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Name        : nwipe
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 0.06
Release     : 2.fc16
URL         : http://nwipe.sourceforge.net
Summary     : Securely erase disks using a variety of recognized methods
Description :
The nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of
recognized methods. It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik's
Boot and Nuke (dban). Nwipe was created out of need to run the DBAN dwipe
command outside of DBAN. This allows it to use any host distribution which
gives better hardware support. It is essentially the same as dwipe, with
a few changes:
- pthreads is used instead of fork
- The parted library is used to detect drives
- The code is designed to be compiled with gcc

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Update Information:

Package: nwipe

Description:
The nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognized methods. It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban). Nwipe was created out of need to run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN. This allows it to use any host distribution, which gives better hardware support. It is essentially the same as dwipe, with a few changes:
- pthreads is used instead of fork
- The parted library is used to detect drives
- The code is designed to be compiled with gcc

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #771070 - Review Request: nwipe - Securely erase disks using a variety of recognized methods
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771070
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update nwipe' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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