Re: Confidential data

Niall Litchfield wrote:

> Yes it is, read up on DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT
>
> I personally think that this is nearly always an indication that you have
> hired the wrong DBA, or have the wrong management. It says that you trust
> the guy enough to allow him to randomly update,delete etc your data at will,
> but not enough to let him see what he is doing. If you put people in
> positions of trust and then don't trust them you are normally asking for
> trouble.

Generally true. But there are exceptions to every rule. Although others exists, two groups of people that may need to be in a position of trust without being properly vetted: 1) a consultant temporarily contracted as a specialist/DBA, 2) support personnel Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 09:13:23 CDT