Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot identity

2009-02-03 Thread Jeff Bonwick
> The Validated Execution project is investigating how to utilize ZFS > snapshots as the basis of a "validated" filesystem. Given that the > blocks of the dataset form a Merkel tree of hashes, it seemed > straightforward to validate the individual objects in the snapshot and > then sign the hash o

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot identity

2009-02-03 Thread Darren J Moffat
John Zolnowsky x69422/408-404-5064 wrote: > The Validated Execution project is investigating how to utilize ZFS > snapshots as the basis of a "validated" filesystem. Given that the > blocks of the dataset form a Merkel tree of hashes, it seemed > straightforward to validate the individual objects

[zfs-discuss] snapshot identity

2009-02-02 Thread John Zolnowsky x69422/408-404-5064
The Validated Execution project is investigating how to utilize ZFS snapshots as the basis of a "validated" filesystem. Given that the blocks of the dataset form a Merkel tree of hashes, it seemed straightforward to validate the individual objects in the snapshot and then sign the hash of the root