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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2007 22:15:29 +0200
From:      Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu>
To:        Dag-Erling =?utf-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: encrypt ZFS with geli
Message-ID:  <20070510201529.GA79208@harmless.hu>
In-Reply-To: <866470309t.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <46432346.1060202@nipsi.de> <866470309t.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:13:18PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Dennis Berger <db@nipsi.de> writes:
> > I would like to know whats the best way to encrypt zfs filesystem.
> > Currently I created a zfs volume with zfs create -V4g data/test. Encrypt
> > it with geli init /dev/zvol/data/test.
> > And create a new zpool with zpool create encrypted /dev/zvol/data/test.eli.
> > What do you suggest to do?
> 
> so you're running zfs on geli on zfs...
> 
> why not just run geli directly on the raw device and zfs on top of that?
Can geli handle the resize of the partition that it encrypts? If not, then
i really don't see the point in encrypting a wossname provided by zfs with
geli.

Bye,

Gergely Czuczy
mailto: gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu

-- 
Weenies test. Geniuses solve problems that arise.

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