Re: Database encryption.

From: Paul Rubin (//phr.cx_at_NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 11/19/03 

Date: 18 Nov 2003 20:34:01 -0800

Bryan Olson <fakeaddress@nowhere.org> writes:
> Unfortunately, that destroys the functionality of the database.
> Indexes don't index and joins don't join.
>
> Lots of people want secure database systems, but I don't know of
> any good products. Could be a terrific market opportunity for a
> vendor who can do it well.

I have a bunch of partly implemented ideas for this, but it's for a
specific application and I don't see how to do all the functions of a
real database. Simplest is to just put the whole database on an
encrypted file system.

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