Re: storing encrypted data in oracle

Oracle 8.1 (it might be 8.1.6) has a package called dbms_obfuscation_toolkit that can encrypt and decrypt data.

In article <9456st$on7$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   catatony_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> I would like to store initial settings for unix usernames and
 associated
> passwords (for newly created accounts) in an oracle table for
 reference
> purposes. However, I want to encrypt the password so that the data is
> more secure. How could I use oracle to perform the
> encryption/decryption? Would it be smarter/easier to encrypt the data
> before insertion using some non-oracle method? If so, how?
>
> (Oracle 8.1.5; Solaris 2.6)
>
> Thanks,
> Tony Catania
>
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