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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:04:20 -0400
From:      "John W. O'Brien" <john@saltant.com>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Scope and purpose of each kind geli key
Message-ID:  <4FDB16B4.4060705@saltant.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <4FD3B8D5.7030906@saltant.com> <20120610081337.GL1379@garage.freebsd.pl>

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On 06/10/2012 04:13 AM, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 04:57:57PM -0400, John W. O'Brien wrote:
>> I recently started using geli and found it necessary to read a
>> bunch of source code to supplement the manpages and Handbook
>> sections. In particular, there are several different kinds of
>> keys (and sources of key material), but they are not clearly
>> differentiated in the docs. Of course, one need not understand
>> the entire geli architecture and theory of operation in order to
>> use it, but a bit more context would make things easier.
>> 
>> So, the purpose of this inquiry is twofold: first, to sanity
>> check what I think I learned from my studies; second, to find out
>> if others would find it useful for me to take a swipe at
>> integrating this information into the docs.
> 
> I think this is great you decided to document it and I'll do my
> best to help. I'd also like to see such description to be available
> easly and I'd be happy to add it to GELI manual page or create
> dedicated manual page with detailed documentation how it works.

Ready to entertain comments on the man page round from freebsd-geom@
or pjd@.

docs/169089
[geli] [PATCH] geli(8) needs clarity concerning key scope/type/purpose
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=169089

Thank you,
John
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