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Date:      Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:32:48 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/geom/class/eli geom_eli.c
Message-ID:  <4484DB40.1010907@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060605223446.AD29316DBF5@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20060605223446.AD29316DBF5@hub.freebsd.org>

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> pjd         2006-06-05 21:40:54 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/geom/class/eli  geom_eli.c 
>   Log:
>   Userland bits of geli(8) data authentication.
>   Now, encryption algorithm is given using '-e' option, not '-a'.
>   The '-a' option is now used to specify authentication algorithm.
>   
>   Supported by:   Wheel Sp. z o.o. (http://www.wheel.pl)
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.11      +29 -15    src/sbin/geom/class/eli/geom_eli.c

Excellent!  One of my longstanding complaints has been that no block 
encryption software supported integrity, only privacy.

http://www.root.org/talks/Usenix_20040629.pdf

As far as the flag change goes, won't this make it difficult to MFC this 
new feature later?

-- 
Nate



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