Indeed, truly impressive work. geli makes encryption a bliss :) Thank you very much pjd_at_! On 9/25/10, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi. > > I'd like to inform about three new features in GELI available in HEAD: > > 1. AES-XTS encryption. XTS mode is a standard that is recommended these > days for storage encryption. This is the default now. AES-XTS support > was also added to opencrypto framework and aesni(4) driver. > > 2. Multiple encryption keys. GELI will use one encryption key for at > most 2^20 blocks (sectors), as it is not recommended to use the same > encryption key for too much data. It generates keys array from the > master key on attach and uses it accordingly. This is the default now. > > 3. Passphrase can now be loaded from a file (-J and -j options). > > -- > Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com > pjd_at_FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! >Received on Sun Sep 26 2010 - 15:22:14 UTC
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