Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:01:16 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Nick Ulen <uncle@wolfman.devio.us> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli,last sector Message-ID: <20110617130116.GA12866@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20110617073943.GA29016@wolfman.devio.us> References: <20110617073943.GA29016@wolfman.devio.us>
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--/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:39:43AM -0400, Nick Ulen wrote: > According to man GELI(8) : "The last provider's sector is used to store= =20 > 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=20 > exactly with use geli? Yes, if a GEOM provider is encrypted using GELI, the last sector will start with "GEOM::ELI" string (if you are not using onetime keys). I started to work on extension to GELI to allow for "deniable" providers creation where even metadata looks random, but before I finished it, more important stuff appeared on my TODO list. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://yomoli.com --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk37UBsACgkQForvXbEpPzR8owCgstf4K6deIHn+VICsaZSSbzZJ +9EAn24cRDiYCWwBY2573DL6cAi0D9PV =/r6R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb--
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