Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Key Management Service (KMS)

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Moon, Insung" <Moon_Insung_i3(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Key Management Service (KMS)
Date: 2019-06-16 16:42:55
Message-ID: e00518eb-5188-2433-679c-6c4da8e26218@joeconway.com
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On 6/16/19 9:45 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 07:07:20AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
>> In any case it doesn't address my first point, which is limiting the
>> volume encrypted with the same key. Another valid reason is you might
>> have data at varying sensitivity levels and prefer different keys be
>> used for each level.
>
> That seems quite complex.

How? It is no more complex than encrypting at the tablespace level
already gives you - in that case you get this property for free if you
care to use it.

Joe

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