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Date:      Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:06:24 +0200
From:      Fabian Keil <fk@fabiankeil.de>
To:        Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GELI encrypted ZFS zpool
Message-ID:  <20080921010624.7c4e5143@fabiankeil.de>
In-Reply-To: <48D40EE2.5090900@ibctech.ca>
References:  <48D40EE2.5090900@ibctech.ca>

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Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote:

> I have an older storage box that I've upgraded to -stable. It currently
> uses 7 SCSI disks mashed together with gstripe.
>=20
> I've recently replaced this box with a new one running a ZFS setup. I'm
> now wanting to turn the old one into a storage device running ZFS, but I
> want the entire pool encrypted with GELI.
>=20
> I know I can do this, but my requirements are as such:
>=20
> - use a key on external media to access the GELI encrypted disks
> - not have to type in the passphrase for each physical disk
>=20
> ...is this possible?

It should be possible if you use keyfiles without password
for the vdevs and store those keyfiles on a geli encrypted
slice that uses both a keyfile and a passphrase.

Fabian

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