Thread: Encrypted Database?

Hi,

Someone just asked me if Postgres databases are encrypted, does it support
"encrypted database" was the phrase he used.  Could someone enlighten me?

Thanks in advance,
Linn

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On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 05:30:07PM -0600, Linn Kubler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Someone just asked me if Postgres databases are encrypted, does it support
> "encrypted database" was the phrase he used.  Could someone enlighten me?

Have a look at contrib/pgcrypto.  It might do what you need.

A

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Linn Kubler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Someone just asked me if Postgres databases are encrypted, does it support
> "encrypted database" was the phrase he used.  Could someone enlighten me?

We support encryption of specific data values using /contrib/pgcrypto.
We don't have an all-db encryption. I recommend an encrypted file system
for that.

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"Linn Kubler" <lkubler@ecw2.org> writes:
> Someone just asked me if Postgres databases are encrypted, does it support
> "encrypted database" was the phrase he used.  Could someone
> enlighten me?

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html#4.28

Cheers,

Neil

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