Subject RE: [firebird-support] how to protect DATA
Author Leyne, Sean
Alexander,

> > unaffortunately i didnt find how to encrypt FB record,
> > it cant be done, rigth ?
> >
>
> You should do it on your own. FB has no internal encrypt method.

Actually; not true.

There is an undocumented feature in the engine (goes back to IB) which
provides the ability to encrypt data in the database, using a UDF -- I
don't recall if it applies to individual records or complete database
pages.

The only problem, which is why it isn't really recommended, is that it
doesn't really help much:

If you can access the physical database file to begin with, you could
reasonably be able to access the encryption UDF!


Sean