geli,last sector

Alaksiej C ac at belngo.info
Fri Jun 17 07:51:19 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Nick Ulen <uncle at wolfman.devio.us> wrote:
> According to man GELI(8) : "The last provider's sector is used to store
> metadata."
> Are data from last sector stand out among all others random data?
> Does this mean it is possible to define that some slice was encrypted
> exactly with use geli?

Yes. There's a signature. $GAFR if my memory doesn't betray me.


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