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according to the user requirement from my boss,
the customer want to keep the encrypytion key in a form of smart card
or even floopy. the key is kept by the user who need to access the db.
i also think do they really need this requirement and
can this can be accomplished?
"Richard Kuhler" <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Is the user going to enter the 128-bit key by hand? If not, how does
> one do this without storing it somewhere?
>
> human wrote:
> >
> > Can oracle support encryption on some sensitive field in database?
> >
> > requirements:
> > 1. encryption key should be at least 128-bit key
> > 2. encryption key should NOT be saved on harddisk
> > 3. some other data analysis software and client application from other
> > company also can be able to read the sensitive fields.
> >
> > Can the reqiurements be accomplished?
> > Thanks.
>
Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 19:42:06 CST