# Legacy Gutmann profile — 35-pass Peter Gutmann wipe. # Legacy profile for the `--method gutmann` method. [meta] name = "Legacy Gutmann" version = 1 description = "Peter Gutmann's 35-pass wipe (4 PRNG streams + 27 static patterns + 4 PRNG streams). Designed in 1996 for MFM/RLL encoded drives; modern PRNG-only wipes are generally considered equivalent, but Gutmann remains a regulatory expectation in some regimes." nist_class = "clear" audience = "Regulated media under legacy policies" [defaults] method = "gutmann" prng = "ChaCha20 (CSPRNG)" rounds = 1 verify = "final" certificate = "json" noblank = false