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GBDE-GEOM Based Disk Encryption on FreeBSD

Posted by michael on from the as-long-as-men-are-capable-of-evil dept.

BSD Forums writes "The ever increasing mobility of computers has made protection of data on digital storage media an important requirement in a number of applications and situations. GBDE is a strong cryptographic facility for denying unauthorised access to data stored on a 'cold' disk for decades and longer. GBDE operates on the disk(-partition) level allowing any type of file system or database to be protected. A significant focus has been put on the practical aspects in order to make it possible to deploy GBDE in the real world. FreeBSD's Poul-Henning Kamp says in an email to freebsd-current that he has uploaded this paper and slides which he presented at BSDcon 2003, California, USA."

9 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. Who could resist BSD by Sir+Haxalot · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    When they have mascots like this?

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    I have over 70 freaks, do you?
  2. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new daemon overlords.

  3. BSD is protected... by AntiOrganic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...at the bottom of the stairs.

  4. Nationwide power outages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Nationwide power outages in the USA, UK, Denmark and now Italy.

    All nations that have backed the war in Iraq and the War on Terror. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

    1. Re:Nationwide power outages by Troed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Let me know how you fit Sweden into this - Denmark lost power due to the power failure that caused 1/3 of Sweden to be out of power for 2 hours.

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      it's in my head
    2. Re:Nationwide power outages by Troed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Allah, God and Jehova (Jahve) are three names for the same deity. If you knew anything about religion you would know that, and you might even know the extreme similarities between Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

      Sadly, it seems you don't.

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      it's in my head
  5. When I'm up this late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    everything seems encrypted.

  6. Re:CD-ROM encryption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sure, we all know that *BSD is a failure, but why? Why did *BSD fail? Once you get past the fact that *BSD is fragmented between a myriad of incompatible kernels, there is the historical record of failure and of failed operating systems. *BSD experienced moderate success about 15 years ago in academic circles. Since then it has been in steady decline. We all know *BSD keeps losing market share but why? Is it the problematic personalities of many of the key players? Or is it larger than their troubled personas?

    The record is clear on one thing: no operating system has ever come back from the grave. Efforts to resuscitate *BSD are one step away from spiritualists wishing to communicate with the dead. As the situation grows more desperate for the adherents of this doomed OS, the sorrow takes hold. An unremitting gloom hangs like a death shroud over a once hopeful *BSD community. The hope is gone; a mournful nostalgia has settled in. Now truly is the end time for *BSD.

  7. B - S - D - E - A - D by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Subject says it all.