Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Key Management Service (KMS)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Moon, Insung" <Moon_Insung_i3(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Key Management Service (KMS)
Date: 2018-06-20 21:05:16
Message-ID: 20180620210516.GC17551@momjian.us
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:29:32AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
> >> Or
> >> maybe key management is really tied into the separately discussed effort
> >> to create SQL VARIABLEs somehow.
> >
> > Could you elaborate on how key management is tied into SQL VARIABLEs?
>
> Well, the key management probably is not, but the SQL VARIABLE might be
> where the key is stored for use.

I disagree. I would need to understand how an extension actually helps
here, because it certainly limits flexibility compared to a shell
command.

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