keyfile on another HDD.

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:42:22PM +0300, Блогер wrote:
> В ответ на сообщение товарища Alaksiej Carniajeu,
> датированное 2012-12-24 17:05:
> 
> > > Is it possible to read key file from another HDD with FAT16 during
> > > system boot?
> > 
> > Why do you want it (if it's not a big secret)?
> For security and practical reason. It will be more easy to hide and copy
> back (make available) my key when I need it.
> 
> I have another question: how long (in bytes) can be geli key file?

There is no limit on keyfile size. geli(8) reads entire thing and adds
everything to HMAC along the way.

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