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. https://ib-aid.com/en/firebird-encryption-plugin-framework/ 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 ham...@risingsoftware.com [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 > > >
