Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Eckersley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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>. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
