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-SCSI Tape Encryption program.  Sets and retrieves encryption settings
-on certain SCSI devices with hardware based encryption.  See INSTALL for
-general installation instructions.
-
-For additional information run 'man stenc' after installation.
-
-Program copyright 2012 contributing authors.
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
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+Stenc
+#####
+
+SCSI Tape Encryption Manager - Manages encryption on LTO tape drives (starting with generation 4) with hardware-based encryption. 
+Program should work on any other SSP capable tape drives. Built specifically for Linux and AIX. 
+Supports key change auditing and key descriptors (uKAD). 
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* SCSI hardware-based encryption management
+* Supports AIX and Linux
+* Supports most SCSI security protocol compliant devices, such as LTO4 tape drives
+* Random key generation
+* Key change audit logging
+* Linux Tape Encryption
+* AES Tape Encryption
+* Key Descriptor Management
+
+
+Linux Packages
+--------------
+[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/stenc.svg)](https://repology.org/metapackage/stenc)
+
+
+License
+-------
+Program copyright 2012-2018 contributing authors.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+