Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:56:07 -0500 From: Nikolay Mirin <nik@optim.com.ru> Cc: mvoorhis@cs.wpi.edu, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI versus GBDE? Message-ID: <46222EF7.1080507@optim.com.ru> In-Reply-To: <200704142307.l3EN72Sn031291@cs.wpi.edu> References: <200704142307.l3EN72Sn031291@cs.wpi.edu>
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Definitely GELI. GBDE will become obsolete very soon as some other things like vinum and such. It was there just as a test of concept as I understand. Many those different disk subsystems are incompatible in fact, the case of GBDE and Vinum is mentioned as an example in the handbook. Read more about GEOM, as this system will unite all possible disk techniqies. Also, GELI takes advantage of crypto-hardware, but I believe that one gets a benefit out of it only if the main CPU is very slow. Michael C Voorhis said the following on 14.04.2007 18:07: > The Handbook contains descriptions of GELI and GBDE for encrypting > disk partitions; will both of these techniques remain available into > the future? The fact that there are two implies (to me) that one may > be on the way out, in preference of the other. > > In src/sys/geom/eli (RELENG_6) the oldest GELI sources are younger > than the youngest GBDE stuff in src/sys/geom/bde. Is GBDE falling by > the wayside in favor of GELI? > > Thanks for any information, > > Mike. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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