Re: DBMS security assisted with crypto h/w?

Brent R Brian wrote:
>
> better to write the crypto at the "disk driver" level. Then "all"
> RDBMS programs would be able to "use" crypto, seamlessly, without
> rewrite.

	And you can intercept and read the data before its written to
	disk. Its better to do the encryption within the database
	server before the write. It also means that an application
	isn't tied to only one encryption method.

-am Received on Tue Sep 07 1999 - 18:25:51 CDT