Re: CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTED ? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTED ?
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Msg-id 23004.1087793607@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTED ?  (btober@seaworthysys.com)
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btober@seaworthysys.com writes:
> I apologize in advance if I'm remembering incorrectly or am missing
> something right under my nose, but I thought there used to be an option
> for creating a database or table in which all the data was stored
> encrypted, something like "CREATE DATABASE dbname ENCRYPTED" or "CREATE
> TABLE tname ENCRYPTED", but now I can't find that in the documentation
> anywhere.

Nope, never been any such thing in Postgres --- maybe you're thinking of
the facility for encrypted passwords?

My suggestion would be to use an encrypting filesystem layer.

            regards, tom lane

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