geli,last sector

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:39:43AM -0400, Nick Ulen 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, if a GEOM provider is encrypted using GELI, the last sector will
start with "GEOM::ELI" string (if you are not using onetime keys).

I started to work on extension to GELI to allow for "deniable" providers
creation where even metadata looks random, but before I finished it,
more important stuff appeared on my TODO list.

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