Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: rainer(at)ultra-secure(dot)de, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Ken Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL
Date: 2025-11-03 18:30:01
Message-ID: b6432dcad6b5f1d86a849e4adcd758157044abe3.camel@cybertec.at
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On Mon, 2025-11-03 at 16:39 +0100, rainer(at)ultra-secure(dot)de wrote:
> The HSM should be backed up, too. Which is only possible by connecting
> physically to it with a notebook and inserting an USB stick.
>
> Which begs the question: where do you source an USB stick with the same
> trust-level as the 20k-a-pop HSM?

I'd say that you don't need a very secure USB stick. You just put the
USB stick in a very secure safe that only two very trustworthy people
can open together.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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