Re: encrypting data stored in PostgreSQL

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: encrypting data stored in PostgreSQL
Date: 2014-04-09 22:20:28
Message-ID: 20140409222028.GI8686@momjian.us
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On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 01:52:51PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 4/9/2014 1:40 PM, CS_DBA wrote:
> >Hi All;
> >
> >We have a client with this requirement:
> >
> >At rest data must be encrypted with a unique client key
> >
> >Any thoughts on how to pull this off for PostgreSQL stored data?
>
> encrypt the data in the client application before sending it to the
> database server, decrypt it in the client when you need it back.

I have a presentation that covers some of this:

Securing PostgreSQL From External Attack
http://momjian.us/main/presentations/features.html#securing

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