Re: Page-Level Encryption

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: David Blewett <david(at)dawninglight(dot)net>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Page-Level Encryption
Date: 2006-01-20 20:44:59
Message-ID: 43D14BCB.9030304@commandprompt.com
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> IF they've got root, and the unencrypted data or the password / key is
> on the machine or in memory on it, you've lost. It may make it harder
> for them to get it, but they can.
>
This is true but in answer to your question you can use something like
cryptfs. Note that you will loose performance.

Joshua D. Drake

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