Re: Confidential procedure, is it possible

If you have to hide the algorithm, it's not secure! The security is in the key you use to encrypt the data. A good algorithm can be given to the public domain, and still produce secure data.

jared still <jared_at_psnw.com> wrote in article <32f3d50a.12936474_at_alpine.psnw.com>...
> michel.lalonde_at_sit.ulaval.ca wrote:
>
> >I have to write a procedure to encode a password and I do not want the
> >algorithm to by known. Since anyone can read the data dictionnary views,
> >how can I "hide" the source ?
> >
>
> Don't have my manuals here at home. Take a look at the readme files
> under the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/ directory.
>
> There is some information on how to use and oracle utility to
> transform your PL/SQL into bytecode, so that the source is not
> available, not even to the DBA.
>
> Email me if you can't find it, and I'll take a look.
>
>
> Jared Still
> ValueRx/RxNet
> Oracle DBA - DG/UX Sysadmin - Part Time Perl Evangelist
> jared_at_psnw.com
> stillj_at_valuerx.com
>
Received on Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CST