The shred command and security?

[mike cloaked]

Beartooth wrote:

>Here's a different angle on it: why not copy the stuff you want
>to pass on to some temporary place -- like a DVD or an external hard
>drive; then run DBAN; then do a fresh install of Fedora; then copy the
>contents of the DVD or external drive back onto it?

Yup - thanks for the suggestions - I guess it is a balance between how
secure and how much time to spend.... but you are right - it would
work that way.
-- 
mike