From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 07:39:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B612106564A for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:39:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uncle@devio.us) Received: from wolfman.devio.us (devious-1-pt.tunnel.tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:4:2a5::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A63B8FC15 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wolfman.devio.us (Postfix, from userid 3773) id EAFEC1A90D3; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:39:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:39:43 -0400 From: Nick Ulen To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110617073943.GA29016@wolfman.devio.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: geli,last sector X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:39:45 -0000 According to man GELI(8) : "The last provider's sector is used to store metadata." Are data from last sector stand out among all others random data? Does this mean it is possible to define that some slice was encrypted exactly with use geli? Regards, Uncle