Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: how to protect DATA |
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Author | eMeL |
Post date | 2007-07-13T13:26:23Z |
> Emel, can you tell me how ? and what do i have toI don't search it yet, but I already have read that, IB/FB contain
> do to do it ?
"something" ;)
For a point to start the hunting:
- in <FB dir>/include/ibase.h you can see a constant for connect:
isc_dpb_encrypt_key, this is to isc_attach_database().
In Firebird source you can find it and see what it do ;)
Maybe a conditional compilation remove it from FB, like other non good
tested feature ?
eMeL
ps:
Sorry my terrible English. My native language is C++ ;)
> >
> > > we think that encrypting (ofuscating) the data is
> > > enought. the problem is how to do it with FB.
> >
> > FB can do it easy ;)
> >
> > When read/write pages from disk, FB can
> > decrypt/encrypt content of each
> > page.