The point of a data base is storing ASCII or
unicode not encypting the data... encrypting the data IN the database is a bad
idea what happens if you ever lose the key ??? you lose ALL your data...
Additionally -- encryption keys are usually machine-dependent so you lose the
ability to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt McNeil) writes:
Greetings,I need to securely store lots of sensitive contact
information andnotes in a freely available database (eg PostgreSQL
or MySQL) that will bestored on a database server which I do not
have direct access to. This database will be accessed by a
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:18:04PM -0500, Bob wrote:
Here is the link in case your fingers are broken and it hurts to type;)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/encryption-options.html
I think the Password Storage Encryption paragraph needs a note similar to
what Stephen Frost wrote
Greetings,
I need to securely store lots of sensitive contact
information andnotes in a freely availabledatabase (eg PostgreSQL or MySQL) that
will bestored on a database server which I do not have direct access to.
This database will be accessed by a PHP application that I
amdeveloping.
My sense is that this is a difficult problem. However, I made the
mistake of promising this functionality,
Well it isn't that difficult except that you need some level of two way
encryption and it is going to be a performance nightmare.
I would suggest instead just mounting postgresql on
Greetings,
I need to securely store lots of sensitive contact
information andnotes in a freely availabledatabase (eg PostgreSQL or MySQL) that
will bestored on a database server which I do not have direct access to.
This database will be accessed by a PHP application that I
amdeveloping.
Doesn't that really only save you from having someone come in at the OS
level and copying your data files and than moutning them on a differet
server/database. A person could still come in to psql as a dba or
anyone for that matter with the proper select grants and query off that
data and see it
On 7/13/05, Matt McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I need to securely store lots of sensitive contact information and
notes in a freely available database (eg PostgreSQL or MySQL) that will be
stored on a database server which I do not have direct access to.
This database will be
Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doesn't that really only save you from having someone come in at the OS
level and copying your data files and than moutning them on a differet
server/database. A person could still come in to psql as a dba or anyone for
that matter with the proper select grants
Tom Lane wrote:
Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doesn't that really only save you from having someone come in at the OS
level and copying your data files and than moutning them on a differet
server/database. A person could still come in to psql as a dba or anyone
for
that matter with
Here is the link in case your fingers are broken and it hurts to type;)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/encryption-options.html
On 7/13/05, Matt McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I need to securely store lots of sensitive contact
information andnotes in a freely
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