Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:32:29 -0700 From: "Cyrus Rahman" <crahman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Authentication with geom_eli Message-ID: <9e77bdb50801160832p39619f1fm85bf1454fead3357@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The addition of data integrity verification to geom_eli is a great thing and very useful. As it is implemented, it also provides some considerable measure of authentication. This also has utility, but for the applications I have in mind it is less useful than either encryption or integrity verification. With this in mind, the addition of a less expensive authentication algorithm, say a CRC, which would provide still provide a check on the channel between geom_eli and the physical disk sectors without the overhead of md5 or sha256, would be extremely useful.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9e77bdb50801160832p39619f1fm85bf1454fead3357>