Re: Looking for a method to encrypt data within an Oracle database, hosted on a public net, and accessed by thousands

jacob.marley_at_plaintalk.bellevue.wa.us wrote:
>
> Sorry about the large cross post, my question seems (to
> me) relevant to all groups with the possible exception of
> sci.crypt.
>
> Anyway, I am looking for a method to encrypt columns
> within an Oracle database, hosted on a public net, and
> accessed by thousands with the purpose of protecting the
> data from access by the sysadmin(s), server compromise,
> and backup media compromise.
>
> Clients would be authenticated in some way and, via some
> KEA, decypt/re-encrypt the columns for reading and
> modification.
>
> Anybody want to share any ideas how to do this? My
> preference is an existing product.

PGP is a readily available encryption program that you may be able to incorporate into your program. It is a public-key encryption system and has varying levels of security. It can be found on many many FTP sites.

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