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Subject: Re: GELI -> What to encrypt?
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Christian Baer wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:58:25 +0100 Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
>
>   
>> GELI, just like GBDE or any other GEOM class can work on _any_ GEOM
>> provider (disk, slice, partition, mirror, etc.).
>>     
>
> Actually, I knew that it *could* work on any provider. I did read the
> manpage. :-) What I wanted to know is where I *should* make it work on.
> Basicly speaking, I'm not sure if I like the idea of the partition table
> being encrypted too because the risk of losing data seems to be higher
> this way. Or am I just paranoid?
>   


Why would the risk of losing data be higher?


Eric



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