Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:51:07 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gbde and geli - differences Message-ID: <20070325215107.516b32c6@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20070324200844.F6725@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <20070320190305.O29971@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070320223619.6c18cd08@gumby.homeunix.com> <20070324200844.F6725@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:10:11 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> why there are both? what should i use to have better chance i will > >> be able to recover data after say 10 years knowing password? > > > > I presume it's to do with geli using OpenSSL libraries and so > > picking-up hardware acceleration where available. I think gdbe is > > being sidelined. > > i switched to geli, making all my encrypted partition DVD sized, so i > can back it up encrypted by writing whole device to DVD. > How do you actually write the partition to the DVD? And can the DVD be mounted, or is it just a backup? If you do mount them, I'm wondering why you don't get the problem I had with the md filesystem.
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