From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC11C138542 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D79021C042; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 912E921C030 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ECC333D947 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.477 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.477 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.474, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5_hhWCVwudNi for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97C0233D132 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TwEMt-0007BX-F0 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:35 +0100 Received: from jill.marwnad.com ([74.207.229.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:35 +0100 Received: from junk+usenet by jill.marwnad.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Paul Arthur Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrites: app-misc/secure-delete, app-misc/ccal, www-apache/mod_vhs, app-portage/epm, www-apps/online-bookmarks, sys-apps/i2c Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:57:12 -0500 Organization: Fantasy... Message-ID: References: <1358450490.4605.14.camel@belkin4> <1358454846.4605.21.camel@belkin4> <20130118035847.5359.qmail@stuge.se> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jill.marwnad.com X-No-Archive: yes X-No-Ahbou: yes User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 1d191b0b-acd7-4693-8b6c-3472b0697bef X-Archives-Hash: 913cb6a33cb2b73571d38e5bd1463a3b On 2013-01-18, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Paul Arthur > wrote: >> Yes. This is the exact same issue secure-delete has, since it uses >> the same approach. shred is just as useful as srm (in fact it's more >> useful, since it doesn't mandate the full, useless run of 38 passes >> that srm does.) > > "srm" doesn't mandate rewrites either. Ah, right, I missed a qualification in the README and didn't actually look at the man page. Sorry for posting misinformation. -- [T]he only virtue it had was that the CD-ROM did not generally on physical contact explode to drive high-velocity metallic shards laden with radioactive weaponized anthrax spores through the local postal code. --Joseph Nebus in RASFW, on SimCity 3000