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Re: Default number of overwrites in shred
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Default number of overwrites in shred |
Date: |
Fri, 04 May 2007 09:14:44 +0200 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Peter Eckersley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I was wondering if you would consider reducing the number of default
>> overwrites for "shred" from 25 to something more like 5?
>
> As near as I can make out, for modern disks the default should be 1.
> That's easy to change. Any objections?
Hi Paul,
My reflex was to object. Reducing the default number of passes from
25 to 1 seemed extreme. But after skimming through the link below,
it's hard to argue :-)
> There's also the Secure Erase facility built into modern ATA drives,
> which it sounds like 'shred' should use if it's available.
> Does anybody know how well GNU/Linux supports it?
> See <http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/hughes/SecureErase.html>.
- Default number of overwrites in shred, Peter Eckersley, 2007/05/03
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Paul Eggert, 2007/05/03
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Peter Eckersley, 2007/05/03
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Peter Eckersley, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Jim Meyering, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Paul Eggert, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Jim Meyering, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Peter Eckersley, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Philip Rowlands, 2007/05/05
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Pádraig Brady, 2007/05/06
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Paul Eggert, 2007/05/08
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, John Cowan, 2007/05/04
- Re: Default number of overwrites in shred, Peter Eckersley, 2007/05/04