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Re: storing encrypted data in oracle

From: sysdba <sysdba_at_inter.net.il>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:49:40 +0200
Message-ID: <946e6o$svv$1@news3.inter.net.il>

<catatony_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:9456st$on7$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> 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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Received on Thu Jan 18 2001 - 03:49:40 CST

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