Re: Encryption in pg_dump

From: Rui DeSousa <rui(at)crazybean(dot)net>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Encryption in pg_dump
Date: 2020-07-23 15:34:34
Message-ID: 8BEC1C53-7E4F-436A-8F3A-E9EDD9135F05@crazybean.net
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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Volume encryption only protects against stolen disks, which is... highly unlikely. (The only scenarios I can think of are USB drives which get lost in transit -- think "station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway -- and law enforcement seizing the computers.)

Encryption at rest also protects from warrantee service where you’re sending a failed drive back to a vendor. I could see the drive being refurbished and send out with readable data on it if not encrypted.

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