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On 2013-01-18, Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Paul Arthur |
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><junk+usenet@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Yes. This is the exact same issue secure-delete has, since it uses |
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>> the same approach. shred is just as useful as srm (in fact it's more |
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>> useful, since it doesn't mandate the full, useless run of 38 passes |
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>> that srm does.) |
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> "srm" doesn't mandate rewrites either. |
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Ah, right, I missed a qualification in the README and didn't actually |
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look at the man page. Sorry for posting misinformation. |
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[T]he only virtue it had was that the CD-ROM did not generally on physical |
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contact explode to drive high-velocity metallic shards laden with radioactive |
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weaponized anthrax spores through the local postal code. |
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--Joseph Nebus in RASFW, on SimCity 3000 |
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