Re: [PATCH] Add wipename option to shred

2013-06-13 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/13/2013 12:51 AM, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: On 06/11/2013 4:36 pm, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 06/11/2013 07:20 AM, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: Currently, when --remove (-u) is specified, shred overwrites the file name once for each character, so a file name of 0123456789 would be overridden

Re: [PATCH] Add wipename option to shred

2013-06-13 Thread Joseph D. Wagner
On 06/13/2013 8:35 am, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 06/13/2013 12:51 AM, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: ## perchar ## real678m33.468s user0m9.450s sys3m20.001s ## once ## real151m54.655s user0m3.336s sys0m32.357s ## none ## real107m34.307s user0m2.637s sys0m21.825s

Re: [PATCH] Add wipename option to shred

2013-06-12 Thread Joseph D. Wagner
On 06/11/2013 4:36 pm, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 06/11/2013 07:20 AM, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: Currently, when --remove (-u) is specified, shred overwrites the file name once for each character, so a file name of 0123456789 would be overridden 10 times. While this may be the most secure, it is

[PATCH] Add wipename option to shred

2013-06-11 Thread Joseph D. Wagner
Currently, when --remove (-u) is specified, shred overwrites the file name once for each character, so a file name of 0123456789 would be overridden 10 times. While this may be the most secure, it is also the most time consuming as each of the 10 renames has its own fsync. Also, renaming may not

Re: [PATCH] Add wipename option to shred

2013-06-11 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/11/2013 07:20 AM, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: Currently, when --remove (-u) is specified, shred overwrites the file name once for each character, so a file name of 0123456789 would be overridden 10 times. While this may be the most secure, it is also the most time consuming as each of the 10