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Re: Encryption

From: Rick Wessman <rwessman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: 23 Jun 1999 08:08:20 -0400
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Pete Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com> writes:

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> Trusted Oracle requires a trusted OS, and there's not too many people
> running those.

In addition, B1 operating systems which Trusted Oracle runs on don't support data encryption, so Trusted Oracle would not work in any case.

                                        Rick

>
> Are you looking for data to be encrypted when it's stored in the table or as
> the data passes around the network? If it's the former, Oracle doesn't
> provide built-in functionality to do that, but it's easy enough to write
> your own method using PL/SQL. If it's the latter, look at the Advanced
> Networking Option.
>
> HTH.
>
> Pete
>
> Dante wrote:
>
> > Check Trusted Oracle
> >
> > Regards
> > Dante
> >
> > In article <7knhs4$a8j$1_at_news3.Belgium.EU.net>,
> > "Alberty Pascal" <pal_at_nospam*bsb.be> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm searching to know if Oracle's products support data encryption
> > > at table level.
> > >
> > > Is someone can inform me on that topic or show me where I can found
> > > the information ?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
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>
> Regards
>
> Pete
>
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