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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:27:32 +0100
From:      "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Encrypted CD/DVDs via gbde or otherwise
Message-ID:  <200408172227.33570.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpzn4tsy88.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200408162112.47356.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <xzpzn4tsy88.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Tuesday 17 August 2004 14:14, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> writes:
> > I have some data in an encrypted gbde partition. I'd like to be
> > able to move some of it out to CD-R or DVD in an encrypted,
> > mountable form (as opposed to simply encrypting a tar file and
> > burning that).
> >
> > Most other encryption schemes support this through container files.
> > You create a 650MB container, mount/attach it, copy the data,
> > unmount/detach the container, and burn it to CD as a single file on
> > a data disk.
> >
> > AFAIK gbde doesn't support container files. Is it on the roadmap?
> > Or is there any alternative.
>
> (untested)
>
> # dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Dcontainer bs=3D1048576 count=3D650
> # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f container
> # gbde init /dev/md0
> # gbde attach /dev/md0
> # newfs /dev/md0.bde
> # mount /dev/md0.bde /mnt
> # <copy files to /mnt>
> # umount /mnt
> # gbde detach /dev/md0
> # mdconfig -d -u 0
> # burncd data container fixate
>
> you should then be able to 'gbde attach /dev/acd0' and mount
> /dev/acd0.bde wherever you like.

Nice Idea, but it didn't quite work, there was no /dev/acd0.bde after=20
attaching /dev/acd0.

However, what did work was converting the container to an iso image=20
before burning, then using=20

# mount  /cdrom
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f  /cdrom/containe
# gbde init /dev/md0
# gbde attach /dev/md0=20
# mount /dev/md0.bde /mnt=20

to access the encrypted data.


Thanks for your help.



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