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Date:      Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:49:29 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Recent GELI additions.
Message-ID:  <20100925174929.GD47356@garage.freebsd.pl>

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Hi.

I'd like to inform about three new features in GELI available in HEAD:

1. AES-XTS encryption. XTS mode is a standard that is recommended these
   days for storage encryption. This is the default now. AES-XTS support
   was also added to opencrypto framework and aesni(4) driver.

2. Multiple encryption keys. GELI will use one encryption key for at
   most 2^20 blocks (sectors), as it is not recommended to use the same
   encryption key for too much data. It generates keys array from the
   master key on attach and uses it accordingly. This is the default now.

3. Passphrase can now be loaded from a file (-J and -j options).

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

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