Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:39:24 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: Steve Thompson <steve.f.thompson@gmail.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS version 30 Message-ID: <CABzXLYOBRQtrqnan_7L2hhvEX_GevGz_i%2Byy2gNSaK7yBwvZ6g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110909222030.GB40207@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <CAKPZRnXJPVc_eeAcbLb3YJPjpNP8JUUdOHNtW9LfdNmrPkG=tQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110909222030.GB40207@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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2011/9/10 Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>: > On 2011-Sep-09 11:38:07 -0500, Steve Thompson <steve.f.thompson@gmail.com> wrote: >>Does anyone know if there're any plans to get this into FreeBSD anytime >>soon? I really want transparent encryption! > > ZFS v28 is the latest publicly available code and it's unlikely that > features in later versions of ZFS on Solaris will be available in any > free OS's unless Oracle releases the code. As others have said, the > various FOSS groups using ZFS are co-ordinating their efforts but > there is very little public information on their plans or progress. After having acquired Sun, Oracle said (I think I read that) they won't change the license of the zfs sources and the developments will continue like they were, but they'll only disclose sources after a Solaris launch. Solaris Express is here, but still no Solaris 11. Any news on that ? > If you need encryption now, I suggest you investigate gdbe(4) and > geli(4). You can run ZFS on top of either. > > -- > Peter Jeremy > -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."
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