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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:25:27 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Depreciate and remove gbde
Message-ID:  <95399.1445318727@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20151019234855.4ed82051@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <56237623.5010702@fizk.net> <201510182329.t9INTarc018248@fire.js.berklix.net> <20151019061930.461285f8@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <20151019234855.4ed82051@gumby.homeunix.com>

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In message <20151019234855.4ed82051@gumby.homeunix.com>, RW writes:

>I certainly wouldn't like to see gbde removed but I think it is
>unfortunate that it's given slightly greater prominence in the handbook
>than geli. geli is the right choice for most people.

This I fully agree with.

GELI is fine if your threatmodel is a stolen laptop.

GBDE is for when the user is in danger.

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.



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