Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:04:20 -0400 From: "John W. O'Brien" <john@saltant.com> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scope and purpose of each kind geli key Message-ID: <4FDB16B4.4060705@saltant.com> In-Reply-To: <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <4FD3B8D5.7030906@saltant.com> <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl>
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-----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-----
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