--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Tom Miller
<madprogextrodinr@...> wrote:

>
> Looking for a UDF that handles EncryptAES256 and DecryptAES256
>
> Basically looking for Encrypt on INSERT and UPDATES and Decrypt on

SELECT.

>
> This should be on a field by field basis capable.
>
> If no one knows of one, we might be willing to pay someone to add this
> to the Free Adhoc UDF.
>
> We would want to do this through the Firebird Foundation.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom Miller
>

Hello Tom,

May I ask what the point of doing this would be? You would need to
provide the private key across the wire to decrypt it. The data would
also be sent to the client application unencrypted.

If it is just about file protection, NTFS provides file system level
encryption.

Adam