From: | Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Encrypting a single column |
Date: | 2007-12-14 17:35:55 |
Message-ID: | 934041.43387.qm@web25809.mail.ukl.yahoo.com |
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I guess a simpler way to say this is; is there a way we can make a
column in postgres to be encrypted but entirely transparent to the
user?
Could we do this with phgcrypto + some form of trigger or view etc?
--- Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> We need to encrypt an individual column in a table. I've noticed
> that
> pgcrypto can do this.
>
> However we have one problem, our software runs through a closed
> source "connectivity kit" that allows it to use a postgres dbms, so
> our programs cant sent an individual sql statement to give the
> password.
>
> The column we want to encrypt is used in thousands of programs so
> it's hard for us to change all the programs to encrypt / decrypt
> the
> column
>
> Can anyone see any way around this?
>
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