Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 10/21/2011 05:42 PM, nrdb wrote: Hi, I am new to this list. I haven't ever contributed code before, and have no idea on how to do this. I have made some changes to my copy of the 9.1.1 code that encrypts/decrypts the database files on the fly using AES256 cypher. Very cool. It passes

Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 10/22/2011 11:39 AM, nrdb wrote: Are you willing to submit a patch for people to review? I am not sure if the community would want this as backend code or not but it is definitely something to discuss. Yes! but I don't know what the procedure is to do that.

Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread nrdb
On 10/23/2011 02:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: On 10/21/2011 05:42 PM, nrdb wrote: Hi, I am new to this list. I haven't ever contributed code before, and have no idea on how to do this. I have made some changes to my copy of the 9.1.1 code that encrypts/decrypts the database files on the

Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread Tom Lane
Joshua D. Drake j...@commandprompt.com writes: Any patch you submit will be subject to quite a bit of discussion so be prepared for that. Also it will have to be portable to Windows. The first question that's going to be asked is why you don't just use an encrypted file system, instead. Not

Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread nrdb
On 10/23/2011 08:17 AM, Tom Lane wrote: Joshua D. Drakej...@commandprompt.com writes: Any patch you submit will be subject to quite a bit of discussion so be prepared for that. Also it will have to be portable to Windows. The first question that's going to be asked is why you don't just use

Re: [HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-22 Thread nrdb
On 10/23/2011 06:39 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: On 10/22/2011 11:39 AM, nrdb wrote: Are you willing to submit a patch for people to review? I am not sure if the community would want this as backend code or not but it is definitely something to discuss. Yes! but I don't know what the

[HACKERS] database file encryption.

2011-10-21 Thread nrdb
Hi, I am new to this list. I haven't ever contributed code before, and have no idea on how to do this. I have made some changes to my copy of the 9.1.1 code that encrypts/decrypts the database files on the fly using AES256 cypher. It passes all the tests. :-) The changes are limited to