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gbde(8)

NAME

     gbde -- operation and management utility for Geom Based Disk Encryption

SYNOPSIS

     gbde attach destination [-l lockfile] [-p pass-phrase]
     gbde detach destination
     gbde init destination [-i] [-f filename] [-L lockfile] [-P pass-phrase]
     gbde setkey destination [-n key] [-l lockfile] [-p pass-phrase]
	  [-L new-lockfile] [-P new-pass-phrase]
     gbde destroy destination [-n key] [-l lockfile] [-p pass-phrase]
	  [-L lockfile]

DESCRIPTION

     NOTICE: Please be aware that this code has not yet received much review
     and analysis by qualified cryptographers and therefore should be consid-
     ered a slightly suspect experimental facility.

     We cannot at this point guarantee that the on-disk format will not change
     in response to reviews or bug-fixes, so potential users are advised to be
     prepared that dump(8)/restore(8) based migrations may be called for in
     the future.

     The gbde utility is the only official operation and management interface
     for the gbde(4) GEOM based disk encryption kernel facility.  The interac-
     tion between the gbde utility and the kernel part is not a published
     interface.

     The operational aspect consists of two subcommands: one to open and
     attach a device to the in-kernel cryptographic gbde module, and one to
     close and detach a device.

     The management part allows initialization of the master key and lock sec-
     tors on a device, initialization and replacement of pass-phrases and key
     invalidation and blackening functions.

     The -l lockfile argument is used to supply the lock selector data.  If no
     -l option is specified, the first sector is used for this purpose.

     The -L new-lockfile argument specifies the lock selector file for the key
     modified with the setkey subcommand.

     The -n key argument can be used to specify to which of the four keys the
     operation applies.  A value of 1 to 4 selects the specified key, a value
     of 0 (the default) means ``this key'' (i.e., the key used to gain access
     to the device) and a value of -1 means ``all keys''.

     The -f filename specifies an optional parameter file for use under ini-
     tialization.

     Alternatively, the -i option toggles an interactive mode where a template
     file with descriptions of the parameters can be interactively edited.

     The -p pass-phrase argument specifies the pass-phrase used for opening
     the device.  If not specified, the controlling terminal will be used to
     prompt the user for the pass-phrase.  Be aware that using this option may
     expose the pass-phrase to other users who happen to run ps(1) or similar
     while the command is running.
     To initialize a device, using default parameters:

	   gbde init /dev/ad0s1f -L /etc/ad0s1f.lock

     To attach an encrypted device:

	   gbde attach ad0s1f -l /etc/ad0s1f.lock

     The encrypted device has the suffix .bde so a typical command to create
     and mount a file system would be:

	   newfs /dev/ad0s1f.bde
	   mount /dev/ad0s1f.bde /secret

     To detach an encrypted device:

	   gbde detach ad0s1f

     Please notice that detaching an encrypted device corresponds to physi-
     cally removing it, do not forget to unmount the file system first.

     To initialize the second key using a detached lockfile and a trivial
     pass-phrase:

	   gbde setkey ad0s1f -n 2 -P foo -L key2.lockfile

     To destroy all copies of the masterkey:

	   gbde destroy ad0s1f -n -1

SEE ALSO

     gbde(4), geom(4)

HISTORY

     This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Poul-Henning Kamp
     and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.
     under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the
     DARPA CHATS research program.

AUTHORS

     Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>

BUGS

     The cryptographic algorithms and the overall design have not been
     attacked mercilessly for over 10 years by a gang of cryptoanalysts.

FreeBSD 5.4		       October 19, 2002 		   FreeBSD 5.4

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