geli key without key file

[Howard Goldstein]

Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 08:43:55PM -0500, Howard Goldstein wrote:
>> If I create a geli volume without specifying a -K newkeyfile as in the
>> handbook example that dds /dev/random to a 64 byte file, would a
>> reasonable passphrase result in geli init creating a reasonable key for
>> the AES or Blowfish encryption implementation?
> 
> Yes.
> 

Thanks, and also thank you very much for all that you've done
architecting and implementing geom and its various classes for us.  I'd
be surprised if it weren't used as a model for folks pursuing a software
engineering degree.

(Sorry about the bounces, there was cruft in tcp.smtp erroneously
knocking out your provider, and it's gone now)