Re: Depreciate and remove gbde

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:27:16 +0000
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In message <CAGHfRMDdEhgUN_Xbw_KkoF_EpPCRn0E1ZXXvX6Ga2NFRKN1gPg_at_mail.gmail.com>, NGie Cooper writes:

>1. Why are there 2 competing technologies?

They are not competing, they support two very different threat models.

>3. Is there a gain/loss for removing gbde?

Yes, you alienate a lot of users who very often are not even in a
position to tell you they run FreeBSD.

Think human rights activists for instance.

>4. Why is it marked experimental [still]?

To make people think.

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