Re: Data Encryption in PostgreSQL, and a Tutorial.

From: Mike Nolan <nolan(at)gw(dot)tssi(dot)com>
To: scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com (scott(dot)marlowe)
Cc: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us (Tom Lane), cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org (Christopher Browne), pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Data Encryption in PostgreSQL, and a Tutorial.
Date: 2004-04-13 00:32:23
Message-ID: 200404130032.i3D0WOIn016341@gw.tssi.com
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> True, but the original discussion, I believe, was on storing user
> passwords etc... for which md5 is the preferred method...

I thought the original question was what to use for storing credit cards,
for which you want a decryptable method. (A public/private key method
would be even better for credit card data IMHO, but I don't think pgcrypto
includes one.)
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Mike Nolan

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