ZFS + GELI data integrity

Andriy Bakay andriy at irbisnet.com
Thu Sep 16 19:22:31 UTC 2010


Hi list(s),

I am using ZFS on top of GELI. Does exists any practical reason to enable  
GELI data authentication (data integrity) underneath of ZFS? I understand  
GELI data integrity is cryptographically strong -- up to HMAC/SHA512, but  
ZFS has SHA256 checksum. GELI linked data to sector and will detect if  
somebody move data around, but my understanding is to move data around  
consistently one need to decrypt it which is very difficult. Correct me if  
I wrong.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Andriy


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