| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] gbak of encrypted database |
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| Author | Alexey Kovyazin (ak) |
| Post date | 2018-05-01T05:57:01Z |
Hello,
gbak does not support encryption in the standard Firebird 3.0 distribution.
In IBSurgeon's plugin implementation there is a gbak support, with transparent encryption of backups with the same key.
And restored database from the encrypted backup is also encrypted, otherwise it will be a security hole.
If you're implementing your own plugin, you can implement whatever you need.
Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon
вт, 1 мая 2018 г., 3:24 Hamish Moffatt hamish@... [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>:
If a db is encrypted with Firebird 3 encryption, is a backup made with
gbak also encrypted?
https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/community/conference-2016/encrypting-firebird-databases.pdf
implies you need to encrypt your backup afterwards so that means no.
Will a restored db from that backup be encrypted automatically or would
you have to run 'ALTER DATABASE ENCRYPT ...' on the new db afterwards if
you want it encrypted also?
thanks
Hamish