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title: "Blancco Virtual Machine Eraser version 2.1 has been released!"
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Virtual Machine Eraser 2.1 - Release notes

Features:

- NIST 800-88 Clear.
  - New erasure algorithm added.
- NIST style verification.
  - Verification based on the NIST standard is added.
- Configurable verification level.
  - Verification level can be set in the configuration file.
  - Default level is 1%. Verification can be set from 0% to 100%.
- Intermediate report.
  - Report is written down during operation as well. This is most important in erasures with multiple targets.
  - If operation is aborted after one target the report will show this target as successful.