Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:07:00 -0600 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: Patryk Hanckowiak <patryk.hanckowiak@e-safeguard.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom full disk encryption with ZFS Message-ID: <93bcfc622d17ac4759e07c43f7633809@dweimer.net> In-Reply-To: <54AFE53C.5050508@e-safeguard.pl> References: <54AFE53C.5050508@e-safeguard.pl>
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On 01/09/2015 8:27 am, Patryk Hanckowiak wrote: > Hello. > The installer seems to allow for an encrypted setup using the whole > disk ... Or can you just use the installer to install FreeBSD on > selected partitions of the disk with the ZFS encrypted setup? Is there > a resource that shows how to create a custom full disk encryption with > ZFS, something similar to LVM on LUKS in Linux? > > Regards, > Patryk Hanckowiak > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" FreeBSD requires part of the boot to not be encrypted, this can be done using a USB thumb drive if you absolutely must have the full hard disk encrypted. The USB drive or unencrypted part the hard drive needs to have a copy of /boot portion of the installation this doesn't contain any user data so its fairly safe if someone sees it. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/
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