DBMS_OBFUSCATION Dick Goulet
Chris Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2/21/03 11:05 am: I've been asked to find out a way to encrypt credit card numbers and store that encrypted string in the database. ...any oracle functions or functionality to do this? ....or would we have to encrypt the numbers in the application and then pass that string to the database? We don't want anyone to be able to get to the numbers even if they have access to the table in which it is stored. Thanks for any input chris <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>storing credit card numbers in a database</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I've been asked to find out a way to encrypt credit card numbers and store that encrypted string in the database. ...any oracle functions or functionality to do this? ....or would we have to encrypt the numbers in the application and then pass that string to the database?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>We don't want anyone to be able to get to the numbers even if they have access to the table in which it is stored.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks for any input</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>chris</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
