Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 01:32:03 +0100 From: Terje Elde <terje+geom@elde.net> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More geom classes? Message-ID: <20041203003203.GX72822@calleigh.elde.net> In-Reply-To: <20041202191954.GE813@darkness.comp.waw.pl> References: <41AF3FCE.1030405@fer.hr> <20041202183559.GH19624@funkthat.com> <20041202191954.GE813@darkness.comp.waw.pl>
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On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:19:54PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > +> I like the idea, and it would be a perfect project from someone who is > +> learning geom... I was thinking of doing this as a excersice for myself, though I don't think I'd be able to find time for it any time soon. > I'm also not sure if CD-ROM with static random data will be safe enough. > I want to generate random data before every write, xor data with generated > random data and write both. It should also be faster, as I don't need to > read random data first. It could be less safe from data integrity point > of view in case of a power failure, when write request reach only one > component. Part of the point of a one time pad is to use it one time. ;) Granted, the chance of someone sniffing the traffic is less relevant for this case than it would be in say, network traffic, but still. > We can also implement both:) > > I think, I can do it quite fast. :) Terje
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