Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-09 Thread Kieran Kelleher
James, Project Wonder has ERXCrypto class that provides encrypt/decrypt utilities. I have a simple class for string attributes that encrypts and decrypts on the fly between the DB and the WO app and has methods for masking the display (for example 1***1004). It uses ERXCrypto clas

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-08 Thread Arturo Pérez
On Dec 7, 2005, at 8:29 AM, James Cicenia wrote: All great thoughts, critiques, etc., I especially like the mySQLToy reference. ;-) Maybe this will all go away, I don't know, but this could be a very large account for us. They want their own box on their own network with all the data encr

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-07 Thread James Cicenia
All great thoughts, critiques, etc., I especially like the mySQLToy reference. ;-) Maybe this will all go away, I don't know, but this could be a very large account for us. They want their own box on their own network with all the data encrypted. It could just be the tech's objection, or

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-07 Thread Patrick Middleton
On 7 Dec 2005, at 03:08, James Cicenia wrote: Hello We recently had a request for our application but they want the data that is stored in the database to be encrypted. We are using mySQL. Anyone know anything at all about this? http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl? sid=05/11/30/1634221

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-07 Thread Graham J Lee
On 7 Dec 2005, at 10:38, Karl wrote: Its usually unnecessary to encrypt all data in a database. Customer's do not understand exactly what they are asking for. This is true; typically encrypting data on-disk only helps if the disk gets stolen. Locking the allen key on the front of the Xse

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-07 Thread Karl
Its usually unnecessary to encrypt all data in a database. Customer's do not understand exactly what they are asking for. Most commercial databases offer such facilities without you doing any work. With WO, you can implement the encryption yourself at the EO level. Its a significant ove

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-07 Thread Graham J Lee
On 7 Dec 2005, at 03:08, James Cicenia wrote: Hello We recently had a request for our application but they want the data that is stored in the database to be encrypted. We are using mySQL. Anyone know anything at all about this? I can't comment on the performance because I've only done th

Re: Encrypted Database

2005-12-06 Thread Chuck Hill
I don't know a lot. Some, like FrontBase, handle this. Nothing to change in your code. I have no idea if mySQLToy does this or not. Chuck On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:08 PM, James Cicenia wrote: Hello We recently had a request for our application but they want the data that is stored in the d

Encrypted Database

2005-12-06 Thread James Cicenia
Hello We recently had a request for our application but they want the data that is stored in the database to be encrypted. We are using mySQL. Anyone know anything at all about this? Thanks James Cicenia ___ Do not post admin requests to the list.