encrypt ZFS with geli

[Gergely CZUCZY]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:13:18PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Dennis Berger <db at nipsi.de> writes:
> > I would like to know whats the best way to encrypt zfs filesystem.
> > Currently I created a zfs volume with zfs create -V4g data/test. Encrypt
> > it with geli init /dev/zvol/data/test.
> > And create a new zpool with zpool create encrypted /dev/zvol/data/test.eli.
> > What do you suggest to do?
> 
> so you're running zfs on geli on zfs...
> 
> why not just run geli directly on the raw device and zfs on top of that?
Can geli handle the resize of the partition that it encrypts? If not, then
i really don't see the point in encrypting a wossname provided by zfs with
geli.

Bye,

Gergely Czuczy
mailto: gergely.czuczy at harmless.hu

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