Tom Lane wrote: > Bob <luckyratfoot@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Doesn't that really only save you from having someone come in at the OS > > level and copying your data files and than moutning them on a differet > > server/database. A person could still come in to psql as a dba or anyone for > > that matter with the proper select grants and query off that data and see it > > in encrypted. > > Yeah, the real question here is what threats are you trying to defend > against. "I need an encrypted database" is pretty nearly a meaningless > statement --- first tell us who the attacker is that you're worried about. We have an encryption section in the documentation now --- please see that. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
