Re: better page-level checksums

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: better page-level checksums
Date: 2022-06-13 22:06:14
Message-ID: Yqe01lndDG4G1Jjz@momjian.us
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 03:03:17PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 2:54 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 02:44:41PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > > Is that the how block-level encryption feature from EDB Advanced Server does it?
> >
> > Uh, EDB Advanced Server doesn't have a block-level encryption feature.
>
> Apparently there is something called "Vormetric Transparent Encryption
> (VTE) – Transparent block-level encryption with access controls":
>
> https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/enhanced-security-edb-postgres-advanced-server-vormetric-data-security-platform
>
> Perhaps there is some kind of confusion around the terminology here?

That is encryption done in a virtual file system independent of
Postgres. So, I guess the answer to your question is that this is not
how EDB Advanced Server does it.

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