>> > Nick Holland wrote: >> > >> >> encrypted vnd is going away for 5.7. Suggeted by lists at srdn dot >> >> de, thanks! >> > >> > I haven't been able to find this suggestion. Has a maintenance >> > burdon arisen? Otherwise I would argue that it is more secure >> > than softraid for small files. I am fairly sure that challenges to say >> > it is insecure are founded on completely flawed grounds as they depend >> > on irrelevent circumstances atleast those currently published that I >> > am aware of. >> >> this has been communicated here: >> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=140146687910205&w=1 > >The conclusion I took from that thread was that it was not going to >actually be removed? I took it to mean simply adding a strong >indication to users whenever used to use softraid which is better in >most cases. I totally agree with the warning but would prefer to still >have it around, if it's no problem. > >Would the word deprecated/superseded in 5.7 be more accurate on >upgrade56.html or is it actually being removed? > >http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=140147517513716&w=1
I disagree with the crypto vnd code leaving the tree. It is a simple reliable framework. The wording seemed too strong.
