From 83ae1bdd44432055e2cb6cf1502d1cc0cd651746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:09:44 +0000
Subject: shred: change default number of overwrites from 25 to 3

* src/shred.c: The concensus is that a default of 3
passes is appropriate for current drive technologies.
* src/TODO: Reference Paul Eggert's suggestion
of enhancing shred to conform to DoD 5220 rules.
---
 src/shred.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/shred.c b/src/shred.c
index 224f671cc..6ed4daaa3 100644
--- a/src/shred.c
+++ b/src/shred.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 #include "randread.h"
 
 /* Default number of times to overwrite.  */
-enum { DEFAULT_PASSES = 25 };
+enum { DEFAULT_PASSES = 3 };
 
 /* How many seconds to wait before checking whether to output another
    verbose output line.  */
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