freebsd encrypted hard disk?

[RW]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:23:09 -0500
Johann Hasselbach <jhass88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read the "encrypting disk partitions" section of the Handbook. What
> is the preferred method nowdays, geli or gbde?

Geli.

Geli is  more secure when used with real-world passphrases, supports
hardware acceleration, and is faster, with or without out it. As I
understand it, geli is also more reliable due to some operations being
non-atomic in gdbe and atomic in geli.