Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:11:52 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Encrypted volume - how? Message-ID: <43D41F48.6080603@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20060122230816.GC7703@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <43D409B8.6070704@meijome.net> <20060122230816.GC7703@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 09:39:52AM +1100, Norberto Meijome wrote: > >>Hi all, >>I'm looking for a way to recreate the functionality of PGP Disk (under >>Win32). Basically, create an encrypted file, which contains a filesystem >>which can then be mounted in any mount point. >> >>I know I can use GELI in FreeBSD 6 - as I understand, it performs the >>encryption at the partition level (the whole partition is encrypted). >>I'd like to be able to simply unmount my 'secure volume', and be able to >>back it up as a whole, or move it to another computer without having to >>repartition the destination. I think GELI wouldn't be good for this. > > > GELI or GBDE are probably what you're looking for, you just need to use > mdconfig to create a vnode (file) backed disk image which you will > encrypt and then create a file system on. > Thanks Brooks and everyone else who kindly pointed me in the right direction :) I think I will use GELI (i like the 2 key system, and it seems to be newer technology.) cheers, Beto
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