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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by qalmakka on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:59AM (#19329084)
I've been using it on Arch Linux since mid-2017, and it's amazing. Much easier and more flexible to set up than LUKS/GELI. I hope FreeBSD will get Datto's encryption soon when they switch to ZoF (their ZoL fork)
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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by ratsmack on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:30PM (#19329997)
Here is the FreeBSD announcement of their move to ZoL.

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-Dec...

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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by freshm087 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:34PM (#19330050)
That much easier than typing "geli init", and "zpool create"? :)
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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by qalmakka on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:15AM (#19345081)
No, it's not easier but it's vastly more convenient and flexible. You can encrypt each dataset with different keys, and ZFS allows you to unlock them on import or whenever you want to. You can send and receive them while encrypted. Also ZFS encryption means that I can finally encrypt external HDDs that I share between Linux and FreeBSD without having to resort to ugly hacks.
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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by mbrumlow on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:57PM (#19332940)
Where can I find more about Datto's work on encryption?
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