Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:58:14 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Andre Goree <andre@drenet.homelinux.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk encryption on a headless box? Message-ID: <AANLkTimVibdGdNKHuQ0LZJzGJqsWBTa6YAJNnAz7RV-v@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=xUU%2BJQCi1b3wLUPULNzwFikVuTpne5jZpgihA@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=xUU%2BJQCi1b3wLUPULNzwFikVuTpne5jZpgihA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9 December 2010 04:52, Andre Goree <andre@drenet.homelinux.net> wrote: > I was looking at encrypting my data on a headless server I have, and found > a > good tutorial using ZFS+geli. Easy enough to setup, but one thing I just > realized is that I wouldn't be able to enter the passphrase on the server > since I keep it headless. > > I wonder if there is some type of encryption I can use that does not > require > entering a passphrase. For example, perhaps I can set it up in a way that > it'll automatically read from certain files on a thumb drive? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Probably worth noting that the latest version of zfs has encryption built in. This isnt available to bsd yet, but i guess theres a good chance it will be in the next few months as a patch. Might take a (big) bit longer to hit stable though
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