Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Christophe Pettus
Subject Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption?
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Msg-id 37FB8117-603A-4D4A-83F5-4548A5CF6BAA@thebuild.com
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In response to Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption?  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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> On May 22, 2023, at 13:06, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
> As I understand TDE whether you can get to the files is not really the point. It is that someone/thing can and if
theydo the files are encrypted. Pretty sure RDS is not magical enough to have no access from any source to the file
system.

That is true.  (One of the reasons that TDE in cloud hosting is generally a regulatory issue, not really a technical
one.) That being said, RDS does allow the underlying EBS volume to be encrypted, and you can do "bring your own key"
usingtheir keystores. 


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