Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:14:32 -0500 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: harddrive encryption Message-ID: <4D34CD58.4000808@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <20110117225308.GA40523@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4D34A6EF.30600@alokat.org> <20110117225308.GA40523@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms090409090502030305040104 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/17/11 5:53 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > Do not rely on a keyfile that resides on a disk in the machine (that wo= uld > make encryption futile)! Use a passphrase instead. > I'd think that depends on your use case. If you're encrypting removable = drives and then shipping them elsewhere, such as for off-site backup,=20 and you trust the physical security for the computer a lot more than you = trust the courier and/or storage site.... Of course, I would agree that that's probably not what the OP has in=20 mind. :-) --=20 --Jon Radel jon@radel.com --------------ms090409090502030305040104--
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