From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 11:04:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21FE1065686; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@saltant.com) Received: from homiemail-a27.g.dreamhost.com (mailbigip.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A3A88FC08; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:04:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a27.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a27.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EC73598060; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:04:22 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=saltant.com; h=message-id:date :from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=saltant.com; b=LlvKtZCD2C6JURnxK4+G8qh5JlCovg2Eqoy5pStn2dKccx8ezIl50x63kQ8Mp MGWNJOS8h8Nn8TrhG1C37MBmjTy/oHrCyatqat9FQLgdXuFcxRIAFc2hQ8UgPTpt Sux8KBI92nIjyjf02ahzeV4DnCjC+CwYfLR+dy5n8Iq69M= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=saltant.com; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=saltant.com; bh=4O4K1 a3hoXcgGsYpoIyFG6GtpJw=; b=Kd5cV5FNm9wF/sMoM+oSQZuY+y67CNk0vnA8l kSA+49J5y1PPr/2f4cVyuYMAiGBsVOtf8ZoJooR8i7xCFlIe9WrtE6vOmQP5KFiL 9CIxDh3V5aKrVNKUbzwyMc7QbShmYWQKeJaUE0D6MeKbBN7kuKHCvyNnJVlt774c g/nNGo= Received: from imago.y.saltant.net (vice.saltant.net [96.227.187.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: john@saltant.com) by homiemail-a27.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2DB359805F; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:04:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FDB16B4.4060705@saltant.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:04:20 -0400 From: "John W. O'Brien" Organization: Saltant Solutions User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek References: <4FD3B8D5.7030906@saltant.com> <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scope and purpose of each kind geli key 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, 15 Jun 2012 11:04:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/10/2012 04:13 AM, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 04:57:57PM -0400, John W. O'Brien wrote: >> I recently started using geli and found it necessary to read a >> bunch of source code to supplement the manpages and Handbook >> sections. In particular, there are several different kinds of >> keys (and sources of key material), but they are not clearly >> differentiated in the docs. Of course, one need not understand >> the entire geli architecture and theory of operation in order to >> use it, but a bit more context would make things easier. >> >> So, the purpose of this inquiry is twofold: first, to sanity >> check what I think I learned from my studies; second, to find out >> if others would find it useful for me to take a swipe at >> integrating this information into the docs. > > I think this is great you decided to document it and I'll do my > best to help. I'd also like to see such description to be available > easly and I'd be happy to add it to GELI manual page or create > dedicated manual page with detailed documentation how it works. Ready to entertain comments on the man page round from freebsd-geom@ or pjd@. docs/169089 [geli] [PATCH] geli(8) needs clarity concerning key scope/type/purpose http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=169089 Thank you, John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP2xawAAoJEEdKvTwaez9wv54H/iGHOOG/A5N+jCLmthlmYf5r 1vNg5o+7MizMlakA2j8KDu/KJLA2fKRyd3ai6NCISPvxj1yZkzPNqCeK7DqQk01C tX5HC+WdpVy5M8oNAwvXzFlRn6gakzFq1wENODAMYkOY/Iu+JaPfcnmohInYxx0B sAqyGegNvlgJyIgRrq828iadtJTFrbabxrK4qNMBCnlu+xkXh+V2JNtZhKR0Jqsm W7dPJELivpp5FjRyv43209VSZt0lSGMwp9sO4RV9E3mQ/FQ15nVHO+Ml//9V8Tnw a/oJSmcn1Q43Qo/E4D+4P6vsbHR/pt4cj80GGpXbzc0Qws1Zp+3kWjkU/yEkago= =P6tV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----