The
utility is used to configure encryption on GEOM providers.
The following is a list of the most important features:
Utilizes the
crypto(9)
framework, so when there is crypto hardware available,
will make use of it automatically.
Supports many cryptographic algorithms (currently
AESBlowfishCamellia
and
3DES )
Can optionally perform data authentication (integrity verification) utilizing
one of the following algorithms:
HMAC/MD5HMAC/SHA1HMAC/RIPEMD160HMAC/SHA256HMAC/SHA384
or
HMAC/SHA512
Can create a key from a couple of components (user entered passphrase, random
bits from a file, etc.).
Allows to encrypt the root partition - the user will be asked for the
passphrase before the root file system is mounted.
The passphrase of the user is strengthened with:
B. Kaliski
"PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification, Version 2.0."RFC
2898
Allows to use two independent keys (e.g.
Qq user key
and
Qq company key ) .
It is fast -
performs simple sector-to-sector encryption.
Allows to backup/restore Master Keys, so when a user has to quickly
destroy his keys,
it is possible to get the data back by restoring keys from the backup.
Providers can be configured to automatically detach on last close
(so users do not have to remember to detach providers after unmounting
the file systems).
Allows to attach a provider with a random, one-time key - useful for swap
partitions and temporary file systems.
Allows to verify data integrity (data authentication).
The first argument to
indicates an action to be performed:
init
Initialize provider which needs to be encrypted.
Here you can set up the cryptographic algorithm to use, key length, etc.
The last provider's sector is used to store metadata.
Additional options include:
-a aalgo
Enable data integrity verification (authentication) using the given algorithm.
This will reduce size of available storage and also reduce speed.
For example, when using 4096 bytes sector and
HMAC/SHA256
algorithm, 89% of the original provider storage will be available for use.
Currently supported algorithms are:
HMAC/MD5HMAC/SHA1HMAC/RIPEMD160HMAC/SHA256HMAC/SHA384
and
HMAC/SHA512
If the option is not given, there will be no authentication, only encryption.
-e ealgo
Encryption algorithm to use.
Currently supported algorithms are:
AESBlowfishCamellia
and
3DES
The default is
AES
-b
Ask for the passphrase on boot, before the root partition is mounted.
This makes it possible to use an encrypted root partition.
One will still need bootable unencrypted storage with a
/boot/
directory, which can be a CD-ROM disc or USB pen-drive, that can be removed
after boot.
-i iterations
Number of iterations to use with PKCS#5v2.
If this option is not specified,
will find the number of iterations which is equal to 2 seconds of crypto work.
If 0 is given, PKCS#5v2 will not be used.
-K newkeyfile
Specifies a file which contains part of the key.
If
newkeyfile
is given as -, standard input will be used.
Here is how more than one file with a key component can be used:
# cat key1 key2 key3 | geli init -K - /dev/da0
-l keylen
Key length to use with the given cryptographic algorithm.
If not given, the default key length for the given algorithm is used, which is:
128 for
AES
128 for
Blowfish
128 for
Camellia
and 192 for
3DES
-s sectorsize
Change decrypted provider's sector size.
Increasing sector size allows to increase performance, because we need to
generate an IV and do encrypt/decrypt for every single sector - less number
of sectors means less work to do.
-P
Do not use passphrase as the key component.
attach
Attach the given provider.
The master key will be decrypted using the given
passphrase/keyfile and a new GEOM provider will be created using the given
provider's name with an
Qq .eli
suffix.
Additional options include:
-d
If specified, a decrypted provider will be detached automatically on last close.
This can help with short memory - user does not have to remember to detach the
provider after unmounting the file system.
It only works when the provider was opened for writing, so it will not work if
the file system on the provider is mounted read-only.
Probably a better choice is the
-l
option for the
detach
subcommand.
-r
Attach read-only provider.
It will not be opened for writing.
-k keyfile
Specifies a file which contains part of the key.
For more information see the description of the
-K
option for the
init
subcommand.
-p
Do not use passphrase as the key component.
detach
Detach the given providers, which means remove the devfs entry
and clear the keys from memory.
Additional options include:
-f
Force detach - detach even if the provider is open.
-l
Mark provider to detach on last close.
If this option is specified, the provider will not be detached
until it is open, but when it will be closed last time, it will
be automatically detached (even
if it was only opened for reading).
onetime
Attach the given providers with random, one-time keys.
The command can be used to encrypt swap partitions or temporary file systems.
Additional options include:
-a aalgo
Enable data integrity verification (authentication).
For more information, see the description of the
init
subcommand.
-e ealgo
Encryption algorithm to use.
For more information, see the description of the
init
subcommand.
-d
Detach on last close.
Note, the option is not usable for temporary file systems as the provider will
be detached after creating the file system on it.
It still can (and should be) used for swap partitions.
For more information, see the description of the
attach
subcommand.
-l keylen
Key length to use with the given cryptographic algorithm.
For more information, see the description of the
init
subcommand.
-s sectorsize
Change decrypted provider's sector size.
For more information, see the description of the
init
subcommand.
configure
Change configuration of the given providers.
Additional options include:
-b
Set the BOOT flag on the given providers.
For more information, see the description of the
init
subcommand.
-B
Remove the BOOT flag from the given providers.
setkey
Change or setup (if not yet initialized) selected key.
There is one master key, which can be encrypted with two independent user keys.
With the
init
subcommand, only key number 0 is initialized.
The key can always be changed: for an attached provider,
for a detached provider or on the backup file.
When a provider is attached, the user does not have to provide
an old passphrase/keyfile.
Additional options include:
-i iterations
Number of iterations to use with PKCS#5v2.
If 0 is given, PKCS#5v2 will not be used.
To be able to use this option with
setkey
subcommand, only one key have to be defined and this key has to be changed.
-k keyfile
Specifies a file which contains part of the old key.
-K newkeyfile
Specifies a file which contains part of the new key.
-n keyno
Specifies the number of the key to change (could be 0 or 1).
If the provider is attached and no key number is given, the key
used for attaching the provider will be changed.
If the provider is detached (or we are operating on a backup file)
and no key number is given, the key decrypted with the passphrase/keyfile
will be changed.
-p
Do not use passphrase as the old key component.
-P
Do not use passphrase as the new key component.
delkey
Destroy (overwrite with random data) the selected key.
If one is destroying keys for an attached provider, the provider
will not be detached even if all keys will be destroyed.
It can be even rescued with the
setkey
subcommand.
-a
Destroy all keys (does not need
-f
option).
-f
Force key destruction.
This option is needed to destroy the last key.
-n keyno
Specifies the key number.
If the provider is attached and no key number is given, the key
used for attaching the provider will be destroyed.
If provider is detached (or we are operating on a backup file) the key number
has to be given.
kill
This command should be used in emergency situations.
It will destroy all keys on the given provider and will detach it forcibly
(if it is attached).
This is absolutely a one-way command - if you do not have a metadata
backup, your data is gone for good.
In case the provider was attached with the
-r
flag, the keys will not be destroyed, only the provider will be detached.
-a
If specified, all currently attached providers will be killed.
backup
Backup metadata from the given provider to the given file.
restore
Restore metadata from the given file to the given provider.
The following
sysctl(8)
variables can be used to control the behavior of the
ELI
GEOM class.
The default value is shown next to each variable.
All variables can also be set in
/boot/loader.conf
kern.geom.eli.debug : 0
Debug level of the
ELI
GEOM class.
This can be set to a number between 0 and 3 inclusive.
If set to 0, minimal debug information is printed.
If set to 3, the
maximum amount of debug information is printed.
kern.geom.eli.tries : 3
Number of times a user is asked for the passphrase.
This is only used for providers which should be attached on boot
(before the root file system is mounted).
If set to 0, attaching providers on boot will be disabled.
This variable should be set in
/boot/loader.conf
kern.geom.eli.overwrites : 5
Specifies how many times the Master-Key will be overwritten
with random values when it is destroyed.
After this operation it is filled with zeros.
kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase : 0
If set to 1, the passphrase entered on boot (before the root
file system is mounted) will be visible.
This possibility should be used with caution as the entered
passphrase can be logged and exposed via
dmesg(8).
This variable should be set in
/boot/loader.conf
kern.geom.eli.threads : 0
Specifies how many kernel threads should be used for doing software
cryptography.
Its purpose is to increase performance on SMP systems.
If hardware acceleration is available, only one thread will be started.
If set to 0, CPU-bound thread will be started for every active CPU.
kern.geom.eli.batch : 0
When set to 1, can speed-up crypto operations by using batching.
Batching allows to reduce number of interrupts by responding on a group of
crypto requests with one interrupt.
The crypto card and the driver has to support this feature.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
EXAMPLES
Initialize a provider which is going to be encrypted with a
passphrase and random data from a file on the user's pen drive.
Use 4kB sector size.
Attach the provider, create a file system and mount it.
Do the work.
Unmount the provider and detach it:
# dd if=/dev/random of=/mnt/pendrive/da2.key bs=64 count=1
# geli init -s 4096 -K /mnt/pendrive/da2.key /dev/da2
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:
# geli attach -k /mnt/pendrive/da2.key /dev/da2
Enter passphrase:
# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/da2.eli bs=1m
# newfs /dev/da2.eli
# mount /dev/da2.eli /mnt/secret
...
# umount /mnt/secret
# geli detach da2.eli
Create an encrypted provider, but use two keys:
one for your girlfriend and one for
you (so there will be no tragedy if she forgets her passphrase):
# geli init /dev/da2
Enter new passphrase: (enter your passphrase)
Reenter new passphrase:
# geli setkey -n 1 /dev/da2
Enter passphrase: (enter your passphrase)
Enter new passphrase: (let your girlfriend enter her passphrase ...)
Reenter new passphrase: (... twice)
You are the security-person in your company.
Create an encrypted provider for use by the user, but remember that users
forget their passphrases, so back Master Key up with your own random key:
# dd if=/dev/random of=/mnt/pendrive/keys/`hostname` bs=64 count=1
# geli init -P -K /mnt/pendrive/keys/`hostname` /dev/ad0s1e
# geli backup /dev/ad0s1e /mnt/pendrive/backups/`hostname`
(use key number 0, so the encrypted Master Key by you will be overwritten)
# geli setkey -n 0 -k /mnt/pendrive/keys/`hostname` /dev/ad0s1e
(allow the user to enter his passphrase)
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:
The example below shows how to configure two providers which will be attached
on boot (before the root file system is mounted).
One of them is using passphrase and three keyfiles and the other is using only a
keyfile:
Not only configure encryption, but also data integrity verification using
HMAC/SHA256
# geli init -a hmac/sha256 -s 4096 /dev/da0
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:
# geli attach /dev/da0
Enter passphrase:
# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/da0.eli bs=1m
# newfs /dev/da0.eli
# mount /dev/da0.eli /mnt/secret
DATA AUTHENTICATION
can verify data integrity when an authentication algorithm is specified.
When data corruption/modification is detected,
will not return any data, but instead will return an error
(Er EINVAL
)
The offset and size of the corrupted data will be printed on the console.
It is important to know against which attacks
provides protection for your data.
If data is modified in-place or copied from one place on the disk
to another even without modification,
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
will not protect your data against replay attacks.