Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:07:09 +0100 From: Iantcho Vassilev <ianchov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Encrypt existing filesystem/partition to GEOM GELI Message-ID: <18e02bd30602150207s35a85d39h11fed2fc62feb0cb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <00f801c631c7$3b4db880$0201000a@JACK> References: <001b01c63182$20410780$0201000a@JACK> <20060214163023.GB23204@thened.net> <00f801c631c7$3b4db880$0201000a@JACK>
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I have such a question for GBDE/GELI--> Because the encryption is transparent what would happen to the disk if a power failure occur.... Does the encryption still work? On 2/15/06, Balgansuren Batsukh <balgaa@mongol.net> wrote: > > Hello Alec, > > 17.16.1.1 Preparing the Encrypted Hard Drive > The following example assumes that you are adding a new hard drive to you= r > system that will hold a single encrypted partition. This partition will b= e > mounted as /private. gbde can also be used to encrypt /home and /var/mail= , > but this requires more complex instructions which exceed the scope of thi= s > introduction. > > I read above description from FreeBSD Handbook on www.freebsd.org. > > That's why I thought there some way to encrypt in place partition? > > Balgaa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alec Berryman" <alec@thened.net> > To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:30 AM > Subject: Re: Encrypt existing filesystem/partition to GEOM GELI > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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