Bug 263233 - bsdinstall: 'ZFS Configuration' has become a confusing heading for encryption-related stages of installation of FreeBSD
Summary: bsdinstall: 'ZFS Configuration' has become a confusing heading for encryption...
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody)
URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-sr...
Keywords: install
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Reported: 2022-04-12 05:40 UTC by Graham Perrin
Modified: 2025-01-26 13:05 UTC (History)
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Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-04-12 05:40:44 UTC 
From <https://www.tumfatig.net/images/2017/Vultr-FreeBSD-ZFS-root-17.png> in 2017: 

> ZFS Configuration
> 
> Enter a strong passphrase, …

The same wording is used in the current installer for FreeBSD. 

Anyone who knows of OpenZFS support for encryption might, naturally, assume that it's a passphrase for OpenZFS encryption. 

Not so. 

Similarly, from <https://www.tumfatig.net/images/2017/Vultr-FreeBSD-ZFS-root-19.png>: 

> ZFS Configuration
> 
> Initializing encryption on selected disks, …

There's less potential for confusion, because OpenZFS encryption does not apply at the disk level, but only slightly less (because not all people will make the distinction). 

Generally: 

* need to review the appropriateness of 'ZFS Configuration' as a heading.