[Trilug-ontopic] secure removal of files on a usb stick

[Greg Brown]

Which is better in theory?  To use srm like this:

srm -v -r ./usb-stick-mount-point

or to umount the drive and go with:

shred -vzn 3 /dev/sda#  (in this case sda1)

Throw out the 3 vs. 38 wipes of data - if that is critical assume 'shred
-vzn 38'.

Thoughts?

Greg
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