Bug 404788 - Secure Erase
Summary: Secure Erase
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: partitionmanager
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrius Štikonas
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Reported: 2019-02-24 20:34 UTC by Leonardo
Modified: 2022-11-18 11:45 UTC (History)
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Description Leonardo 2019-02-24 20:34:45 UTC 
SUMMARY
Support Secure Erase for SSDs

It would be nice if this was supported instead of only being able to format drives
Comment 1 Andrius Štikonas 2019-02-25 22:04:24 UTC 
By the way, you can also write random data to partitions, not just format.

(That said it does not replace SSD Secure replace)
Comment 2 Leonardo 2019-03-14 11:47:54 UTC 
(In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #1)
> By the way, you can also write random data to partitions, not just format.
> 
> (That said it does not replace SSD Secure replace)

True, but that takes time and even wastes write cycles of your SSD. Secure Erase is instant.