Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:07:19 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: Alokat <mailing@alokat.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harddrive encryption Message-ID: <20110118070719.GA51692@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinruOxi_1FFDZzfhSojk1u%2B_XfGsJkDiSbMOuMW@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D34A6EF.30600@alokat.org> <20110117225308.GA40523@slackbox.erewhon.net> <AANLkTinruOxi_1FFDZzfhSojk1u%2B_XfGsJkDiSbMOuMW@mail.gmail.com>
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--ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:05:53PM -0700, Modulok wrote: > On 1/17/11, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:30:39PM +0100, Alokat wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> is it possible to encrypt my full harddrive (excluding /boot) during a > >> freebsd installation. Or do I have to do this after the installation > >> manually? > > > > Currently you have to do it manually afterwards. > > > > Personally, I would not bother encrypting the OS data; there is nothing > > secret > > there, and it does have a performance impact. Plus it would provide amp= le > > material for a known-plaintext attack! > > >=20 > Modern ciphers such as AES are not susceptible to known plaintext > attacks. That is indeed what it says on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack. But without any source or other justification. In this case, I'd say [citation needed]! At one time Enigma and DES were regarded as unbreakable. :-)=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk01PCcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUxUACfanPbjIMVQa9ulFQ7AujtWvx0 lgwAnAsuvO3Mv+tJHYnkQOV7D4/J+3Di =QlC4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--
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