The shred command and security?

[mike cloaked]

On 05/12/2007, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
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> If you are going to blank the media use the security erase command to the
> drive. That is what it is there for.
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In the case that you want to blank the entire media these options are indeed
available. My original question was to leave the system intact but to remove
certain files from the user area, such as gpg key files for example. The
idea being to have the user area set up with the original desktop but simply
switch the username to the new owner but leave the computer in a state where
there was no easily accessible trace of any sensitive files. So in this case
blanking the media is not what was intended.

If starting with a clean install was the aim then any of the secure blanking
options for the entire disk (or partition) would be admirable solutions.

Thanks for the suggestions though - and in this case it looks like shred is
a good enough option for my situation.
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