Jim,

(Have to run out right now, but wanted to get give a quick reply for one
point)

> Besides, how an encrypted database read itelf to find its decryption
> data? Answer: it can't.

Come Jim ;-)

Nothing says that the header page of a database can't be reserved as an
unencrypted page!

To be used to store the information related to the "configuration" of
the database -- its encryption and security methods/access settings.

The rest of the database could be encrypted.


Sean

p.s. Given the overhead of encryption/decryption I would suggest that
not every page in a database would be encrypted -- why would we encrypt
a pointer page???