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codetrotter · 2021-02-07 02:32:01+00:00

Native ZFS encryption among other things

Edit: Compared to the version of ZFS that was in base FreeBSD 12.x I mean

e12e | karma 13838 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2023-11-21 10:46:28

Thanks! But does that mean zfs native encryption is now supported in freebsd? Last i checked (a good while back) - I got the impression geli(?) was strongly preferred and zfs native encryption was generally discouraged?

_emacsomancer_ | karma 3868 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2019-01-20 03:57:47+00:00

Ah, for some reason I was thinking that FreeBSD's implementation of OpenZFS had native encryption.

nabla9 | karma 38285 | avg karma 4.67 · | 2019-09-27 14:25:28+00:00

ZFS 0.8 has native encryption.

Maybe v0.8.2 is close to the point where 0.8 is stable enough to upgrade?

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overcast | karma 8759 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2017-08-05 19:09:28+00:00

ZFS is a native filesystem to FreeBSD, where as in Linux it is not.

pstch | karma | avg karma · | 2019-01-19 21:50:47

Encrypted ZFS with FreeBSD is not actually native ZFS encryption, it uses GELI to handle the encryption part (which may be why it's bad at handling power losses).

lmm | karma 42440 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2017-07-27 08:14:24

Wait, has encryption hit open-source ZFS at all? Can I use it on FreeBSD?

e12e | karma 13838 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2022-10-24 17:37:54

Generally zfs native encryption these days (as well as native encryption in macos and windows).

unlmtd1 | karma -14 | avg karma -0.23 · | 2017-08-24 12:09:28+00:00

On the flip side, ZFS on linux now has native encryption.

e12e | karma 13838 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2023-11-20 19:29:51

How about zfs native encryption?

john37386 | karma 436 | avg karma 3.43 · | 2020-01-22 16:49:59

Native full encryption through zfs. That was my main reason. Zfs is well integrated in BSD. Something that will not happen soon in linux based on Linus latest comments that zfs has legal issue with linux

yjftsjthsd-h | karma 28510 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-02-25 15:10:52+00:00

Looks like ZFS does? (especially now that it does have native encryption)

Amezarak | karma 3682 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2017-06-20 10:08:44+00:00

FreeNAS has supported zfs encryption for a long while, unless I misunderstand you. Unless its not actually zfs encryption but something else?

boomboomsubban | karma | avg karma · | 2018-02-14 04:29:06+00:00

I've done ZFS on LUKS, pretty sure native encryption is still in the testing stage on Linux.

__jal | karma 4454 | avg karma 5.33 · | 2016-10-10 19:15:23+00:00

ZFS is native in FreeBSD, so it is exactly as straightforward as the above.

grahamjperrin | karma 19 | avg karma 0.32 · | 2017-08-18 03:39:05

ZFS - native encryption, resizing, bleaching | The FreeBSD Forums <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/56869/>

> I hope that FreeBSD will be not too far behind. …

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lmm | karma 42440 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2016-07-21 08:58:00+00:00

So does ZFS on FreeBSD support native encryption? Can I switch my existing pool?

hvis | karma 583 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2020-04-13 22:19:30

And IIRC ZFS used by FreeBSD now is based on the ZFSonLinux project.

y04nn | karma 979 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2020-08-25 08:27:16+00:00

FreeBSD was staring to lack features compared to ZFS on Linux (ZOL), for example I'm not able to read encrypted datasets on FreeBSD but I'm able to do it on MacOS and Linux. More interoperability is very welcome.

jupp0r | karma 6304 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2020-01-10 07:23:40+00:00

FreeBSD has been using the ZFS on Linux code for a while.