Government mandate that certain types of stored information be encrypted.

Adam wrote:

> --- 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
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