More geom classes?

Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd at FreeBSD.org
Fri Dec 3 13:17:24 PST 2004


On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:19:54PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
+> I was thinking about simlar thing, as we use simlar mechanisms at work
+> to share a secret between a few smart cards.
+> 
+> I'm also not sure if CD-ROM with static random data will be safe enough.
+> I want to generate random data before every write, xor data with generated
+> random data and write both. It should also be faster, as I don't need to
+> read random data first. It could be less safe from data integrity point
+> of view in case of a power failure, when write request reach only one
+> component.
+> 
+> We can also implement both:)
+> 
+> I think, I can do it quite fast.

I already did it, btw. It is in perforce: pjd_geom_classes.

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