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Date:      Mon, 5 Oct 2020 11:39:53 -0400
From:      Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>
To:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mounting encrypted ZFS datasets/GELI for users?
Message-ID:  <630f9133-4f67-92bd-41f9-fb04d985c159@metricspace.net>
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On 10/5/20 11:12 AM, Alan Somers wrote:

> First of all, what kind of thread are you concerned with?=C2=A0 Disk
> encryption does not protect against an attacker with access to a live
> machine; it only protects against an attacker with access to an off
> machine, or to the bare HDDs.=C2=A0 Per-user encryption would presumabl=
y
> protect one user from another user who has physical access to the off
> server.=C2=A0 Is that what you're worried about?=C2=A0 If not, then you=
 shouldn't
> bother with per-user encryption.=C2=A0 Just encrypt all of /home or all=
 of
> the pool with a single key.
>=20
> -Alan

I am evaluating options for domains where use of per-user encryption is
mandated, often as a means of protecting against insider threats.


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