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

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Sehrope Sarkuni <sehrope(at)jackdb(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Moon, Insung" <Moon_Insung_i3(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Key Management Service (KMS)
Date: 2019-08-17 15:13:43
Message-ID: 20190817151343.GA32736@momjian.us
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 06:04:39PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I suggest we schedule a voice call and I will go over all the issues and
> explain why I came to the conclusions listed. It is hard to know what
> level of detail to explain that in an email, beyond what I have already
> posted on this thread. The only other options is to read all the emails
> _I_ sent on the thread to get an idea.
>
> I am able to do that for others as well.

Also, people can certainly ask questions on this list, and I can answer
them, or I can do a Skype/Zoom/IRC chat/call if people want. The points
of complexity are really the amount of data encrypted, the number of
keys and who controls them, and performance overhead.

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