Re: Encrypted column example

2006-02-27 Thread sheeri kritzer
Hi Chris, I remember that article, I think I saw it on PlanetMySQL.com -- but I can't find it either. I do remember that it encrypted the column putting it into the database, and used a VIEW to decode it, and then limited the access to the view. Hope that helps! -Sheeri On 2/23/06, [EMAIL PROT

Encrypted column example

2006-02-23 Thread cnelson
When 5.0 came out, I saw an article or white paper or something with an example of a stored procedure (I think, maybe a trigger) that allowed you to transparently encrypt a column so that even if a database backup was stolen, that column wouldn't be exposed to the thieves. I believe that the examp