| From: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Daniel Martini <dmartini(at)uni-hohenheim(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: When to encrypt |
| Date: | 2004-12-07 16:40:30 |
| Message-ID: | 87llcaysch.fsf@stark.xeocode.com |
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Daniel Martini <dmartini(at)uni-hohenheim(dot)de> writes:
> Well, where do you plan to keep the key for your encrypted backup tapes,
> like you suggested in another post in this thread ;-)
> That's pretty much the same problem.
No it's not. I can keep the key for the encrypted backup tapes in my pocket. I
won't need it unless I'm restoring a backup, where I'll be present. Your hard
drives need to be decrypted by the database whenever it's running. If you can
deal with your database being unavailable after a reboot until manual
intervention then you're ok. But most people can't.
--
greg
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