someone seems to work on that feature for zfs on linux

https://github.com/zfsrogue/zfs-crypto

maybe thats something which could be a start


"Günther Alka via smartos-discuss" <[email protected]> hat am
15. März 2015 um 21:27 geschrieben:

>  Edward Snowden shows us that
> 
>  - you must care about your data. always, everywhere
>  - must not allow any admin to see your data
>  - must use end to end encryption (do not trust your provider, you need a
> personal key)
>  - you cannot lock out NSA & Co, but most others (and NSA needs a lot of
> efforts if any data is end-user encrypted)
>  - any effort is better than the current „all is open"
> 
>  even if you simply care about some business/private data without any criminal
> background
> 
> 
> 
>      > > 
> >      IMNSHO, relying on the filesystem to encrypt data is far inferior to
> > encrypting
> >      at the application. If you have something worth hiding, do not rely on
> > cleartext
> >      at any infrastructure level. The guvmint routinely shows how they've
> > already
> >      compromised those things we use to build infrastructure.
> >        -- richard
> > 
> > 
> >          > > > 
> > >          This is important for everything especially to cloud storage.
> > >          Transport encryption is worthless if the data on a server is open
> > > and not encrypted in a way that only a single end-user can access/encrypt
> > > data with a user-key not the server admin.  Any current ZFS encryption is
> > > worthless in this sense as you unlock data on bootup and then its open for
> > > every admin or server process.
> > > 
> > >          In this case, as SmartOS is intended for cloud-use I hope that
> > > there will come something in the future that gives us this level of
> > > security at a end-user level.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >          Gea
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >          On 15.03.2015 05:22, Jonathan Paget via smartos-discuss wrote:
> > > 
> > >              > > > >              I forgot about lofi
> > > > 
> > > >              zones/$UUID--lofi-backend0 --->  /dev/$UUID--lofi-device0
> > > > 
> > > >              vmadm get $UUID | json disks | grep zfs_filesystem
> > > >              zfs_filesystem": "zones/$UUID--lofi-device0"
> > > > 
> > > >              or something like the above
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >              On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Richard Elling
> > > >   <[email protected]
> > > > <mailto:[email protected]> >  wrote:
> > > >                > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                    > > > > > >                    On Mar 14, 2015, at
> > > > >                    > > > > > > 2:08 PM, Jonathan Paget via
> > > > >                    > > > > > > smartos-discuss <
> > > > >                    > > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > >                    > > > > > > 
> > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > > > >                    > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >                    >> Are there any encryption options?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                    Your only real option is for a KVM guest to use
> > > > > > encryption inside a Zone (CentOS and Ubuntu offer encryption at
> > > > > > their install screens).   Some people use ZVOLs as back-ends for
> > > > > > FreeBSD's GELI on FreeBSD, or use GELI to encrypt the underlying
> > > > > > vdevs of their zpool, but FreeBSD Jails aren't anywhere near a
> > > > > > complete alternative to zones.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                > > > > > 
> > > > >                lofi on SmartOS, managed with the lofiadm command.
> > > > > There would be some
> > > > >                assembly required, but shouldn't need any new code.
> > > > >                 -- richard
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                    > > > > > > 
> > > > > >                    If you need to run Windows guests, you could
> > > > > > probably find a way to PXE-boot them off of iSCSI targets (running
> > > > > > in another Zone) that have encrypted back-ends or just have them use
> > > > > > Samba to access encrypted volumes.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                    Yes I understand everything I typed above is very
> > > > > > ugly.   I would really like to see encrypted added to the
> > > > > > illumos/ZFS or OpenZFS feature set, would do it myself if I
> > > > > > currently held the necessary skillset.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                    On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 2:00 PM, George Linn via
> > > > > > smartos-discuss   <[email protected]
> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> >  wrote:
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > >                      Are there
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > any encryption options?
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > >  Specifically if the SmartOS
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > installation is used primarily
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > for hosting Zones.  Could sleep
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > better knowing that if my machine
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > was physically compromised my
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > data would be a bit more
> > > > > >                      > > > > > > > difficult to access.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >                     
> > > > > > > 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> > > > > > >                      From: Brian Bennett via smartos-discuss
> > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> >
> > > > > > >                      To: [email protected]
> > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> ; George Linn
> > > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
> > > > > > >                      Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:29 PM
> > > > > > >                      Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] ZFS encryption
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >                      ZFS encryption was integrated into Solaris 11
> > > > > > > after OpenSolaris updates stopped. That's not to say it couldn't
> > > > > > > be added, but it hasn't been a priority so far.
> > > > > > > 
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> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > >                         
> > > > > > > On
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > Mar 14, 2015, at 11:17
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > AM, George Linn via
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > smartos-discuss <
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > > > > > >                          > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >                          After some searching, it seems that
> > > > > > > > there is no integrated encryption for ZFS in SmartOS that would
> > > > > > > > allow something like the following to happen:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >                          zfs create -o encryption=on
> > > > > > > > rpool/export/somthing
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >                          Can encryption be used with ZFS at all
> > > > > > > > on SmartOS?  I see some examples of creating encrypted block
> > > > > > > > devices in OpenIndiana but I am not sure how this is helpful in
> > > > > > > > a general sense on SmartOS since my disk space is all allocated
> > > > > > > > during the initial installation of SmartOS.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
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