Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:25:17 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@informatik.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI -> What to encrypt? Message-ID: <43E9E32D.6090605@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <dscnfu$fd5$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <dsbdfg$c1t$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <20060208075825.GA11037@garage.freebsd.pl> <dscnfu$fd5$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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Christian Baer wrote: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:58:25 +0100 Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > >> GELI, just like GBDE or any other GEOM class can work on _any_ GEOM >> provider (disk, slice, partition, mirror, etc.). >> > > Actually, I knew that it *could* work on any provider. I did read the > manpage. :-) What I wanted to know is where I *should* make it work on. > Basicly speaking, I'm not sure if I like the idea of the partition table > being encrypted too because the risk of losing data seems to be higher > this way. Or am I just paranoid? > Why would the risk of losing data be higher? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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