Check out my article on encryption at www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util
It covers DBMS_OBFUSCATION.
Jared
On Tuesday 29 May 2001 13:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> We are in the process of upgrading most of our databases to
8.1.7.1
> (Enterprise Edition) on Sun Solaris 2.6.
>
> We need to be able to do field-level encryption of some of our data. I
> think that we should be able to
> do so with DBMS_OBFUSCATION. Is DBMS_OBFUSCATION free with 8.1.7.1
> Enterprise Edition?
>
> Are there other standard methods/tools that we can use within Oracle to do
> this field-level encryption?
> If yes, are they free or part of an add-on bundle? If add-on, which
> add-on?
>
> I've been trying to research this on Technet but having difficulty
> correlating functionality with cost.
> My boss wants the answer today so I thought I'd throw it out to the crowd.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Cherie Machler
> Gelco Information Network
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