Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Kai Wagner <kai(dot)wagner(at)percona(dot)com>
Cc: Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>, "Clay Jackson (cjackson)" <Clay(dot)Jackson(at)quest(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL
Date: 2025-11-01 15:32:17
Message-ID: 3985797c-639f-4825-9fa9-98a48b37f380@aklaver.com
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On 11/1/25 06:58, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 08:34:57AM +0100, Kai Wagner wrote:

> If you want to move forward with TDE without waiting to see if the
> temporary file compression patch will reduce the TDE code impact, you
> need to dig into how the community does feature calculus and how that
> calculus can be changed --- this is not something technology can fix.
>
> Companies are willing to add the code weight because it is a sale for
> them, and customers are willing to pay to meet the check box --- that
> calculus just doesn't work in the community.
>

That is not true:

https://docs.percona.com/pg-tde/index.html

and

https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/products/postgresql-transparent-data-encryption/

The community does provide it, just not the version of Postgres released
here:

https://www.postgresql.org/download/

--
Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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