Re: encryption

From: Andy Klock <andy_at_oracledepot.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:29:32 -0400
Message-ID: <CADo_RaPSTauB8a1Ky=bvAA4MhPaWrCjBNXxTgg0i6RLtbbF-Ug_at_mail.gmail.com>



On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:46 AM, TJ Kiernan <tkiernan_at_pti-nps.com> wrote:
> DBMS_CRYPTO is server-side only (encrypting data at rest). If you're
> looking to encrypt SQL*Net traffic, you're going to need Advanced Security,
> which IIRC costs 1/4 a license (and EE).
>
> Thanks,
> T. J.
>
>

That's not necessarily true. DBMS_CRYPTO contains many of the same old algos that which can be decrypted in several programming languages.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e16760/d_crypto.htm#BJFFAJCC

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