docs/180551: [patch] document NULL encryption algorithm in geli(8)
r4721 at tormail.org
r4721 at tormail.org
Sun Jul 14 09:20:00 UTC 2013
>Number: 180551
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] document NULL encryption algorithm in geli(8)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 14 09:20:00 UTC 2013
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>Originator: r4721 at tormail.org
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>Description:
i had wished for years for a no-op encryption algorithm in geli so i could just use data integrity verification, only to find it existed all along. document this so that others can find it as well.
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>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8
===================================================================
--- sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 (revision 253282)
+++ sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 (working copy)
@@ -277,11 +277,14 @@
.Nm AES-XTS ,
.Nm AES-CBC ,
.Nm Blowfish-CBC ,
-.Nm Camellia-CBC
+.Nm Camellia-CBC ,
+.Nm 3DES-CBC ,
and
-.Nm 3DES-CBC .
+.Nm NULL .
The default and recommended algorithm is
.Nm AES-XTS .
+.Nm NULL
+is unencrypted.
.It Fl i Ar iterations
Number of iterations to use with PKCS#5v2.
If this option is not specified,
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