Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:14:42 -0500 From: Howard Goldstein <hg@queue.to> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli key without key file Message-ID: <47597F82.5020608@queue.to> In-Reply-To: <20071207163540.GE8318@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <4758A55B.7000205@queue.to> <20071207163540.GE8318@garage.freebsd.pl>
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Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 08:43:55PM -0500, Howard Goldstein wrote: >> If I create a geli volume without specifying a -K newkeyfile as in the >> handbook example that dds /dev/random to a 64 byte file, would a >> reasonable passphrase result in geli init creating a reasonable key for >> the AES or Blowfish encryption implementation? > > Yes. > Thanks, and also thank you very much for all that you've done architecting and implementing geom and its various classes for us. I'd be surprised if it weren't used as a model for folks pursuing a software engineering degree. (Sorry about the bounces, there was cruft in tcp.smtp erroneously knocking out your provider, and it's gone now)
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