Transparent drive encryption now in FreeBSD
FreeBSD's 5.0 release, due out in a couple of weeks, will offer much anticipated transparent mass storage encryption. Subscribers to this list so inclined are encouraged to review and test this new feature. URLs: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/gbde/ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/geom/bde/ Thanks, --Lucky Green
Re: Transparent drive encryption now in FreeBSD
Sorry, I'm new, but does this refer to the notion of splitting up a document holographically, and placing the various pieces of numerous servers throughout the 'Net? (Any one piece will probably not contain a complete copy of the information, and is encrypted too, sot that it is not possible to say that Server X holds forbidden piece of info Y.) Andas I remember, removal of any one (or multiple) pieces on varying servers will do nothing towards elimating that content from the Universe. Can any one confirm that this is more or less Transparent Mass Sotage Encryption? From: Lucky Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Transparent drive encryption now in FreeBSD Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:40:42 -0800 FreeBSD's 5.0 release, due out in a couple of weeks, will offer much anticipated transparent mass storage encryption. Subscribers to this list so inclined are encouraged to review and test this new feature. URLs: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/gbde/ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/geom/bde/ Thanks, --Lucky Green _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
Re: Transparent drive encryption now in FreeBSD
Tyler Durden wrote: Sorry, I'm new, but does this refer to the notion of splitting up a document holographically, and placing the various pieces of numerous servers throughout the 'Net? No. It is referring to conventional encryption of your local hard disk.
RE: Transparent drive encryption now in FreeBSD
Tyler wrote: Sorry, I'm new, but does this refer to the notion of splitting up a document holographically, and placing the various pieces of numerous servers throughout the 'Net? (Any one piece will probably not contain a complete copy of the information, and is encrypted too, sot that it is not possible to say that Server X holds forbidden piece of info Y.) Andas I remember, removal of any one (or multiple) pieces on varying servers will do nothing towards elimating that content from the Universe. FreeBSD's new GBDE subsystem has a different objective: it simply provides for local drive-level encryption. I called it a mass storage encryption system since the encryption is not necessarily limited to hard drives, but could be used for other file systems, such as those on a USB token or MemoryStick. The URLs in my original post explain some of the details of what GBDE offers. [...] FreeBSD's 5.0 release, due out in a couple of weeks, will offer much anticipated transparent mass storage encryption. Subscribers to this list so inclined are encouraged to review and test this new feature. URLs: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/gbde/ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/geom/bde/ Thanks, --Lucky Green _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
