On Dec 6, 10:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Octavian Rasnita) wrote: > I've seen a program made in C# that uses an SQLite database which is > crypted.
I doubt that. SQLite does not (AFAIK) have an encrypted database engine. The only way that such a program could do this is if the C# program somehow augmented the SQLite source code. > Can we do the same thing with perl? You can do the same thing that the C# program (probably) did - namely encrypt the values before inserting them into the database. Perl can do all sorts of encryption - search the Crypt:: namespace at http://cpan.org. You probably want some sort of bi-directional encryption instead of a hash encryption (which is usually used for password checking and such). Symmetrical pass-key encryption is easy but not especially strong (though probably adequate for most situations, as cracking a good pass-key is still a ponderous task). Some sort of certificate- based (PPK) encryption is pretty good. Of course, since a SQLite database is just a simple file, you can store it on an encrypted filesystem, which offers a good measure of protection in some circumstances (lost hard drive, stolen powered-off laptop, etc). -- The best way to get a good answer is to ask a good question. David Filmer (http://DavidFilmer.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
