Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 07:37:15 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Depreciate and remove gbde Message-ID: <5623846B.6000505@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <56237623.5010702@fizk.net> References: <56237623.5010702@fizk.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2015-10-18 06:36, Yonas Yanfa wrote: > Hi, > > It seems geli is the standard way of encrypting disks. It's extremely > flexible and usually recommended by the community over gbde. Moreover, > geli is mentioned a lot more in the mailing lists and forums. > > gbde's man page explicitly says that gbde is experimental and should be > considered suspect. That seems reason enough to finally depreciate and > remove it in favour of geli. > > The Encrypting Disk Partitions page in the Handbook discusses gbde > first, and describes geli as an alternative. This seems odd, shouldn't > this be the other way around? > > Is there any objection to removing gbde? How many people use gbde? When > have you used gbde over geli, and why? > > Cheers, > Yonas > It is my understanding that GDBE has some different goals, and works in different circumstances. I know Michael W. Lucas has written about it in his books. While I think it isn't a bad idea to put GELI first in the handbook, I don't see any reason to remove gdbe. -- Allan Jude [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWI4RxAAoJEBmVNT4SmAt+/TMP/AjTF6zUCjTVeunMciL0Ax1p u5U/6wrPo3yM07aMd3R18h947n2M8O32UCNvsZJLEIjUJD5+LKTnMeVNL8NDVKQ9 0x22+fACTNmNzd/9eapGT/dV6Ag+cOo9FTMDUS/p3pTSjUHmEAagS+zDkF3PDAPp DfDDC62eqI/lMEnInrge+hIaHd+7NMMCi+k0ucUhBnyp/7yc5yH/w5Q3LUn8wGvg YE/Go/IvSzSEhK+BRUMdfQF1I4I7rpwN1Jbu9Xwa76Z6QlGIqId8rk3gXtqB4Arl +rwHeBMen2BTVn6axmGv7ehEm8cf7GEt+I5MYk4TDx+8sKGjQjcHmFRGajAG4zUr ulMZUveZPM90g18xr214wyIG/nRn7IqOhKRbHLGtSW3AjTByaWaFUoyehkqqulJM qweMNviSSwjS2XsBjpFtBK821N6nyRhg+SAS7xCWxJk14hIPHR/WEvhEJnBl0yMU 1T5j2mg9/frWggGN2/cELizqtMUkl0Moa470MpzzZM6d8p+Cnwo74aCuEpJ4iO/F 16j6s+H1Zh+5weoZQ4+dYegENQIvbiTfG+04gItBYvB9fyNghI4fGvRtCKEhbSJq rWdT62NvT6jm2kmoqqmgbY5CtNVDues7d/eyy1+GtHiXB8j9024iCrwB1+xe4uo2 VfHfnHVzB9aYisAj31Ys =LYdS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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