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Re: CVS commit: src/crypto/external/bsd/netpgp/dist
Lubomir Sedlacik <salo%Xtrmntr.org@localhost> writes:
> On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 12:44:27PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> By that token, it would be of use for NetBSD to port over the
>> encrypted swap features other OSes have (it should be essentially no
>> performance hit), [...]
>
> Perry, you can use cgd(4) with random key for swap for years on NetBSD.
> http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cgd.html#chap-cgd-swap-encryption
You *can*, but it requires effort to set up etc. Encrypted swap should
be the default -- either using cgd or by simply encrypting the blocks as
they go in and out without using the cgd layer.
Perry
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