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Re: Protecting the encryption key from the DBA

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:01:36 +0200
Message-ID: <01vnd19c4oo3eeb170pqnhi8kmggibdptk@4ax.com> 





On 18 Jul 2005 10:15:31 -0700, "Pratap" <pratap_fin_at_rediffmail.com>
wrote:



>How can we protect the encryption key from the DBA




If you don't trust the DBA, fire him.


No database can be and should be protected from a DBA.
If you want be sure of protection, swap Oracle for a toy like
sqlserver, put the system in a server room, make sure the password of
sa is sa, and throw away the key of that server room.



--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA


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