Re: Encrypted For not Passwords (urgent)

PKI ( Public Key Infrastructure ) is the software and processes to manage the use of public/private keys.

As for encrypting data in the database, take a look at the article on int at www.teleport.com/~jkstill/util, then read up on it in the Oracle docs as well.

Jared

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Poosapati Varma wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This was from a client development place they were
> asking whether is there a datatype to encrypt data
> automatically and store in the database. Even they are
> new to this they said they read somewhere in oracle
> documentation about storing in encrypt form. What does
> PKI do?
>
> Varma.
>
> --- Jared Still <jkstill_at_bcbso.com> wrote:
> >
> > There's a lot left to speculation in your message.
> >
> > Why do you want to encrypt in the database?
> >
> > Does the user need to supply the decryption key?
> >
> > Do you need PKI? ( Public Key Infrastructure )
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Poosapati Varma wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me how to store data in encrypted
> > > format in Oracle, say for example we insert data
> > from
> > > client side employee name and it stores in
> > encrypted
> > > format in the table and when we retrieve data back
> > it
> > > decrypts and displays the data back to us.
> > > (Oracle 8.1.6)
> > >
> > > Varma Poosapati.
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