Bug#943379: Default to PRNG method?

[Martijn van Brummelen]

Hi Trent,
On 2019-10-24 06:46, Trent W. Buck wrote:

Package: nwipe
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: wishlist

As I understand it:

  1. the default nwipe method is DoD Short.

  2. the DoD Short method is specifically designed for the physical
structure of MFM drives, and
     doesn't really work on other kinds of drives.

  3. they stopped making MFM drives in, like, 1990.

  4. the PRNG method doesn't care about the physical structure of your
     drives, so unless you work for the US government, you should just
     always use PRNG.

If all of those things are true,
can we please change the nwipe default method to PRNG?

Sounds like a good idea for one of the next releases. Thanks!

The idea is to protect people who just run nwipe and
ASSUME the defaults are reasonably sensible.

Kind regards,
Martijn van Brummelen