d/freebsd-dev
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Fix incorrect comment. Geli will protect against data modification, of

Browse Source 
course! It won't protect against reply attacks - try harder to explain
them correctly.

MFC after:	1 week
This commit is contained in:
Pawel Jakub Dawidek 2007-03-05 12:39:49 +00:00
parent 4c55d3dc27
commit 5b110804b1
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=167227
1 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

11
sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8
View File

@ -630,12 +630,13 @@ The offset and size of the corrupted data will be printed on the console.
It is important to know against which attacks
.Nm
provides protection for your data.
If data is modified or copied from one place on the disk
to another,
If data is modified in-place or copied from one place on the disk
to another even without modification,
.Nm
should be able to detect such a modification.
If an attacker can remember the encrypted data, modify them and write them
back to the same place, the modification will not be detected.
should be able to detect such a change.
If an attacker can remember the encrypted data, he can overwrite any future
changes with the data he owns without notice.
In other words
.Nm
will not protect your data against replay attacks.
.Sh SEE ALSO