Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Indeed. From coreutils 5.x to 6.0 shred moved from an internal PRNG to /dev/urandom (i.e., the system PRNG). It seems this move is most probably the reason for the new high time. I am trying to get some times from the execution of shred to confirm.
If this is indeed the case (and I think it is, but I am still to query upstream on that) I do not think there is much for us to do. Perhaps using Fortuna (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_(PRNG)) as the PRNG might make a difference. ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: New => Incomplete -- shred is very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279598 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
