Re: RFS: secure-delete

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 02:15:18PM +0100, Robert Lemmen wrote:
> i am looking for a sponsor for secure-delete, it's a small package that
> quite some people might find usefull. from the control file:

> > Description: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory 
> >  Even if you overwrite a file 10+ times, it can still be recovered. This
> >  package conatins tools to securely wipe data from files, free
> >  disk space, swap and memory.
[...]

Seems to be similar to
<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/wipe>, can you describe
their differences?
                    cu andreas