From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 22:38:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F18E41065670 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87358FC13 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:38:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pexig-00047g-9v for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:38:39 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:38:38 -0800 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:38:38 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20110117223838.GA4732@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <4D34A6EF.30600@alokat.org> <7DC710B0-A2F3-4FAD-A308-05E9299E9188@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7DC710B0-A2F3-4FAD-A308-05E9299E9188@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: harddrive encryption X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:38:44 -0000 --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chuck Swiger on Monday, 17 January 2011: > On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Alokat wrote: > > is it possible to encrypt my full harddrive (excluding /boot) during a = freebsd installation. Or do I have to do this after the installation manual= ly? >=20 > I don't believe the current installer knows about HD encryption. Do it a= fter the install by following the fine documentation in the handbook: >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disks-encrypting.html >=20 > Regards, > --=20 > -Chuck >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" One thing I don't get from that fine documentation: is it possible to take an existing hard drive with data and encrypt it? Or do I have to create a new encrypted partition and copy all the files to it? --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNNMTuAAoJEIpckszW26+R42UH/ikFwsAe2CaKDh1B5oz+qR07 WT07r1DUYqwGcVmXaAzZTNTS+TKU8CRI6R6WZeG0ahqK97OUT8jWhzM7kMXCPxOa O/kPssDnhagVTbKCYviSbrE55FOhjD7w/aSCsTKglSY58jQzsjxnSDLUGzUfSQxU 20JnJARMlFtV2Q55StV5Kt+B5QjvfV4Dl+rZe3F6w+7CwYZGC94pcHeP8FAtnG37 c7iFgVc4REmkUN8LmUUgu+sdrXKVil/wG9laQeEztxqq3BATO2cLuTFw2Yp/9Tsf eLQ2Z9ZNG5wNiM+x0a6J8zA9QMRtPl5iPIkwEJwPBFts18DyohjMRu5P+DEC03c= =oecb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--