docs/98842: misc requests for gdbe

[Ceri Davies]

The following reply was made to PR docs/98842; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net>
To: Ian Cognito <cryptonym at gmail.com>,
	<freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/98842: misc requests for gdbe
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:50:16 +0100

 On 12/6/06 05:09, "Ian Cognito" <cryptonym at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 > 
 > It would be nice if we could specify a file on the filesystem which could be
 > used in conjunction with the key to provide enough entropy for said pass
 > phrase, and especially to be able to read it from a pipe (I do not know if
 > gdbe can do this or not).  Alternately it could be used in conjunction with
 > the standard key mechanisms to create the sector keys, and so a passphrase
 > alone is insufficient to gain access to plaintext.  Either way it's sort of a
 > cheap way of getting a lot of entropy out of a memorable passphrase, which
 > tends to be somewhat weak alone (1-2 bits per letter).
 
 The geli(8) system has this.
 
 Ceri
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