Re: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and encrypted files

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and encrypted files
Date: 2019-10-09 15:07:30
Message-ID: 20191009150730.GA25094@momjian.us
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On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 12:34:36PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 12:30:37PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:48 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > > Well, I am starting with the things I _know_ need encrypting, and am
> > > then waiting for others to tell me what to add. Cybertec has not
> > > provided a list and reasons yet, that I have seen. This is why I
> > > started this public thread, so we could get a list and agree on it.
> >
> > Well that's fine, but you could also open up the patch and have a look
> > at it. Even if you just looked at which files it modifies, it would
> > enable you to add some important things do your list.
>
> Uh, I am really then just importing what one group decided, which seems
> unsafe. I think it needs a fresh look at all files.

Someone has written a list of all PGDATA files so its TDE status can be
recorded:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transparent_Data_Encryption#List_of_the_contains_of_user_data_for_PostgreSQL_files

Feel free to update it.

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