GBDE

GBDE, standing for GEOM Based Disk Encryption, is a block device-layer disk encryption system written for FreeBSD,[1][2] initially introduced in version 5.0. It is based on the GEOM disk framework. GBDE was designed and implemented by Poul-Henning Kamp and Network Associates Inc. (now known as McAfee).[3]

  1. ^ Michael W. Lucas (12 April 2013). Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD. No Starch Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-1-59327-221-0.
  2. ^ Malone, David (2005). "Security through obscurity: a review of a few of FreeBSD's lesser known security capabilities" (PDF). ;login:. 30 (5): 27–34.
  3. ^ "gbde(4) man page in FreeBSD 5.0". GBDE manual page. Retrieved 2007-01-01.