[ubuntu-uk] Securely delete data

[Andres Muniz]

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> On 16/11/12 17:00, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> > Only with shred you get useful progress output, and can optionally do
> > more passes with more secure data. shred is part of coreutils and is
> > included on all Ubuntu Live CDs.
> > 
> 
> More passes don't really give you any benefit. A simple single run of dd 
> is sufficient.
> 

wow this shred stuff is really interesting. If i have EXT4 running on a solid state drive (ssd), does it mean that doing a shred  will  significantly reduce the life of the ssd? 
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