From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Oct 18 11:37:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1873CA18F34 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:37:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from mx1.scaleengine.net (mx1.scaleengine.net [209.51.186.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED09C6E6 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:37:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.1.1.2] (unknown [10.1.1.2]) (Authenticated sender: allanjude.freebsd@scaleengine.com) by mx1.scaleengine.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 16D6FD974 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:37:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Depreciate and remove gbde To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <56237623.5010702@fizk.net> From: Allan Jude Message-ID: <5623846B.6000505@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 07:37:15 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56237623.5010702@fizk.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9vXkTkR1pdiPUTOrGXpEP1ljha8NdesKA" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:37:28 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --9vXkTkR1pdiPUTOrGXpEP1ljha8NdesKA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2015-10-18 06:36, Yonas Yanfa wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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? >=20 > Is there any objection to removing gbde? How many people use gbde? When= > have you used gbde over geli, and why? >=20 > Cheers, > Yonas >=20 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. --=20 Allan Jude --9vXkTkR1pdiPUTOrGXpEP1ljha8NdesKA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----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----- --9vXkTkR1pdiPUTOrGXpEP1ljha8NdesKA--