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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 491683730e0..bbb808fecb0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1815,12 +1815,12 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 <listitem> <para> - On Linux, encryption can be layered on top of a file system - using a <quote>loopback device</quote>. This allows an entire - file system partition to be encrypted on disk, and decrypted by the - operating system. On FreeBSD, the equivalent facility is called - GEOM Based Disk Encryption (<acronym>gbde</acronym>), and many - other operating systems support this functionality, including Windows. + Storage encryption can be performed at the file system level or the + block level. Linux file system encryption options include eCryptfs + and EncFS, while FreeBSD uses PEFS. Block level or full disk + encryption options include dm-crypt + LUKS on Linux and GEOM + modules geli and gbde on FreeBSD. Many other operating systems + support this functionality, including Windows. </para> <para> |