From: | Silvana Di Martino <silvanadimartino(at)tin(dot)it> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Database Encryption (now required by law in Italy) |
Date: | 2004-03-05 09:54:25 |
Message-ID: | 200403050951.33230.silvanadimartino@tin.it |
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The new italian law about personal data protection (aka "privacy") requires
the use of cryptography _both_ for protecting the network traffic _and_ for
protecting the (personal) data stored on the hard disk.
While I can see how to protect a PGSQL connection using SSH tunneling or a
VPN, I cannot see any way to encrypt a PGSQL database stored on a hard disk,
put aside the possibility to encrypt the hosting file system with LoopAES.
Is there any (native/third party) tool for encrypting a PGSQL database on the
disk? Is there any PGSQL option for encrypting data on the fly?
Many thanks in advance for your attention.
NOTE: the italian law on privacy ("Decreto Legge 196/03", Dicembre 2003) is
available on the net:
http://www.garanteprivacy.it
http://www.interlex.it
Of course, just in italian...
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Alessandro Bottoni and Silvana Di Martino
alessandrobottoni(at)interfree(dot)it
silvanadimartino(at)tin(dot)it
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