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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 DBAReceived on Mon Jul 18 2005 - 14:01:36 CDT