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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>, 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: 2019-07-08 15:56:23
Message-ID: af94dd43-6138-44b7-8e63-3dee3d3c1aab@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-07-08 17:47, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Of course, we can discuss if what websites do with over-the-wire
> encryption is sensible to compare to what we want to do in PG for
> data-at-rest, but then we shouldn't be talking about what websites do,
> it'd make more sense to look at other data-at-rest encryption systems
> and consider what they're doing.

So, how do encrypted file systems do it? Are there any encrypted file
systems in general use that allow encrypting only some files or
encrypting different parts of the file system with different keys, or
any of those other granular approaches being discussed?

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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