On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 09:47:25AM +0000, Vikram . wrote:
> I was hoping to hear on just a couple of more things:   
>    - DSpace being Open Source, how feasible would it be to add encryption 
> DSpace itself. What i mean is, would it be possible to modify the code to 
> integrate encryption so that DSpace does the encryption/decryption itself? 

Possible?  Yes.

>    - Would such an effort be practical? I mean would be too much effort to 
> achieve something which may/may not be achieved using simpler means?

First show us your threat model.  Why do you need to encrypt?  Against
what attacks are you defending?  How does the system recognize
legitimate access to the repository? to a single object in the
repository?

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