Re: vnode-based encryption driver
Dixit ei Kris: # On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:00:26PM -, DoubleF wrote: # > Hello, # > I'm running 4.4-RELEASE and I'm changing the vn(4) driver to do # # Yes..several people have already done exactly this (see e.g. the # vncrypt port), and 5.0 has a generalized disk device encryption system # (GBDE). # Kris >From vncrypt 1.0, 1.1 README: > This version will not compile with 4.4-RELEASE and older versions > due to changes in kernel interface to blowfish alg. Well, I guess cc doesn't care whether it will compile or not;) A little HTS - and it's up! Thanks a lot Kris! DoubleF To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: vnode-based encryption driver
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:00:26PM -, DoubleF wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running 4.4-RELEASE and I'm changing the vn(4) driver to do > transparent data encryption (for now it's a lame XOR algorithm, > but that's not forever; I once made it to run with CAST128 from > the crypto libs, and fell back just to sort out problem No 2 > below). My questions are: > > 1) Am I reinventing the wheel? Don't tell me about cfs, though. > I know that something concerning cryptography is going to get > into 4.8-R kernel from OpenBSD, but what will it look like? Yes..several people have already done exactly this (see e.g. the vncrypt port), and 5.0 has a generalized disk device encryption system (GBDE). Kris msg18278/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
