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Re: Transparent Data Encryption - Oracle10g

From: David Sharples <davidsharples_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:02:53 +0100
Message-ID: <be592d550605030702x3ee4fa9ft718780086386bbad@mail.gmail.com>


you store them on a different server

On 03/05/06, Muqthar Ahmed <muqthara_at_americanblinds.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> "If the disks are stolen, the information contained in the table segments
> remain encrypted. The thief needs the table key to see the encrypted value,
> but to get that he needs the master key, which is externally stored and
> hence unavailable."
>
> What if the database size is small and stored on a single or 2-disk on a
> system. The master key has to be stored on one of the disks. What if both
> disks are stolen........is your database still secured?
>

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