From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 09:58:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C44106564A for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A0B08FC0C for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:58:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so2176035wyf.13 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:58:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=sCucnAwq7EVEWijmzBhxLOKEjHJTGjR+I7duf/iSjwA=; b=eXdh/pdCjJ20Cq+JaIZxLI/cx9+C1DvMEoOnas/Q3HRW+RKnKnJ10/UkNy/E3y4YSW JNhfv01grvIUQXd1IQXlVV/5JFFS+/7mLW3VLKZy4EuzGg8DjhK3yT4H0uwwXTezK7/v jUO1P4eFS3EQ/0EICYbXtNW1yDZMsnBOPcScQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=h3LUhrveWo3u68UP1zq+g2m/nkeJn03RiJ7ED8auCQeHCWzO6UHeVwOGsdiSNmh/CV tkA+pCCGphgIHOG82XHzkiOKPo8ObWxb6NcJA48cIQIX5C3JeSiFThqYeregYoNIDB6g V1B86YW6/HEvaQ470sT0azTmJOzIRxO1Rvupo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.172.65 with SMTP id s43mr1643529wel.14.1291888694533; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:58:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.72.198 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 01:58:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:58:14 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Andre Goree Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk encryption on a headless box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:58:16 -0000 On 9 December 2010 04:52, Andre Goree wrote: > I was looking at encrypting my data on a headless server I have, and found > a > good tutorial using ZFS+geli. Easy enough to setup, but one thing I just > realized is that I wouldn't be able to enter the passphrase on the server > since I keep it headless. > > I wonder if there is some type of encryption I can use that does not > require > entering a passphrase. For example, perhaps I can set it up in a way that > it'll automatically read from certain files on a thumb drive? > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Probably worth noting that the latest version of zfs has encryption built in. This isnt available to bsd yet, but i guess theres a good chance it will be in the next few months as a patch. Might take a (big) bit longer to hit stable though