On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 11:18:01AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
> On 7/8/19 10:19 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > When people are asking for multiple keys (not just for key rotation),
> > they are asking to have multiple keys that can be supplied by users only
> > when they need to access the data. Yes, the keys are always in the
> > datbase, but the feature request is that they are only unlocked when the
> > user needs to access the data. Obviously, that will not work for
> > autovacuum when the encryption is at the block level.
>
> > If the key is always unlocked, there is questionable security value of
> > having multiple keys, beyond key rotation.
>
> That is not true. Having multiple keys also allows you to reduce the
> amount of data encrypted with a single key, which is desirable because:
>
> 1. It makes cryptanalysis more difficult
> 2. Puts less data at risk if someone gets "lucky" in doing brute force
What systems use multiple keys like that? I know of no website that
does that. Your arguments seem hypothetical. What is your goal here?
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