Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:24:57 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Romero <lastpriot@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli external header (metadata) Message-ID: <20130609182457.GB2468@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <51B31D42.2010801@gmail.com> References: <51B31D42.2010801@gmail.com>
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--St7VIuEGZ6dlpu13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 03:02:10PM +0300, Andrew Romero wrote: > Hi all > I made a patch to support of external header (metadata) on GEOM ELI (geli) >=20 > System: FreeBSD 9-STABLE r250964 i386 >=20 > geli patch - http://pastebin.com/UGpnMN19 > regresion patch - http://pastebin.com/hJVkTpJZ I don't mean to discourage you, but every additional complexity comes at risk and it case of GELI this is security risk. What is missing in your work is explanation how it that useful for the users? How do you use it? First I need to understand and be convinced that this functionality is generally useful and thus is worth additional complexity and risk. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://mobter.com --St7VIuEGZ6dlpu13 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlG0yHkACgkQForvXbEpPzTsUACfcvdOnjELygfbVTc7Rb3kC+Kl rwwAn2/R0tJEjfBVDn804mIFnXlBZVqo =0r5s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --St7VIuEGZ6dlpu13--
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