Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:43:07 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How safe is encrypted disks? (data integrity) Message-ID: <20061214234003.L32744@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20061214132434.5ac20b82@localhost> References: <457C686E.5050504@locolomo.org> <20061214132434.5ac20b82@localhost>
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> >> I have been thinking to make /home on my laptop encrypted - seems like a >> good idea if it gets stolen. Now, how safe is this? Not in terms of the >> strength of the encryption algorithm, but in terms of integrity. > > I have no insight on the code, but as nobody else answered, > my response may be better than nothing. as safe as unencrypted unless you won't forget password. if just perform encryption before writing sector, and decryption after reading - so it's as safe as underlaying hardware. while i'm using gbde not geli, it's true too IMHO. > I experienced several system crashes and one or two power failures > do to empty battery but I didn't lose any data already saved > on the disk (that I know of). exactly will behave as crash on unencrypted partition.
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