USE THIRDPARTY MUST PAYOUT MONEY AND FACE OPTION
LIMITED USER VERSION, IF FIREBIRD BUILD IN DATABASE ENCRYPTION, THERE ARE
GREAT FEATURES

----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Worboys <geoff@...>
To: mandautimber <IBDI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [IBDI] "DATABASE MUST BE ENCRYPTED"


> > Database .GDB must have option to encrypt and
> > decrypt when established connection but not table
> > encryption so do not slow query perfomance
>
> > because every people can see our metadata and data if not encrypted
>
> > i think header of database must be add any strong encryption
>
> I suggest that you will be better served by using third party products
> to achieve the encryption - that way you dont "pollute" the database
> design with encryption for those that dont need/want it, and you get
> to pick and choose from the various options available.
>
> Various products are available that allow you to encrypt files or
> disks or create virtual disks/volumes that are encrypted.
> Previously I was using PGPDisk but its future is uncertain. I have
> since found a product called BestCrypt (www.bestcrypt.com) which seems
> much better than PGPDisk and has both Windows and Linux versions
> available. There are many other possibilities.
>
> For network security implement there are also various options to
> choose from.
>
>
> Most of these options will offer you better security and flexibility
> than anything that can be built into Firebird. In my experience any
> client with high security requirements has those requirements for more
> than just database access. By choosing third party solutions you can
> implement a consistent solution to meet all those needs.
>
>
> (This is not to say that we dont need better security built into
> Firebird, only that attention is better directed to the other
> requirements rather than full encryption of disk or network data.)
>
>
> --
> Geoff Worboys
> Telesis Computing
>
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