| From: | Andrej <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Sam Halliday <sam(dot)halliday(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: RFE: Transparent encryption on all fields |
| Date: | 2009-04-26 19:03:32 |
| Message-ID: | b35603930904261203o7973dbe4p91243be9da6e7e6d@mail.gmail.com |
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2009/4/26 Sam Halliday <sam(dot)halliday(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> I'm still talking about theft of machines (particularly laptops) as that is
> a major threat. One need only read the British newspapers to discover story
> after story of articles where "sensitive information was on a laptop which
> was stolen". As pointed out elsewhere, psql + encrypted drive is entirely
> unpractical as no OS is setup to ask for an encrypted drive password on boot
> (similarly for headless machines, user interaction is required). A practical
> solution that accomplishes the same goals as the encrypted drive is
> necessary.
Buy a higher end thinkpad, it uses a BIOS password and an ASIC
to encrypt the data in hardware, w/o impact on performance.
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