| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Linn Kubler <lkubler(at)ecw2(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Encrypted Database? |
| Date: | 2002-11-07 15:48:22 |
| Message-ID: | 200211071548.gA7FmMR14570@candle.pha.pa.us |
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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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