Re: Two way encryption in PG??? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From clayton cottingham
Subject Re: Two way encryption in PG???
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Msg-id 3AA3C195.3B525BB@smartt.com
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In response to Re: Two way encryption in PG???  (David Olbersen <dave@slickness.org>)
Responses Re: Two way encryption in PG???  (Mathijs Brands <mathijs@ilse.nl>)
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Boulat Khakimov wrote:
> 
> David Olbersen wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Boulat Khakimov wrote:
> >
> > ->How do I encrypt/decrypt something in PG?
> >
> > Perhaps it'd be better to one-way encrypt something? Granted I don't know the
> > details of your project, but allowing a way to "decrypt" something is rather
> > insecure.
> >
> > -- Dave
> 
> Now, one way CC encryption doesnt really make any sense, does it :)
> 
> Two-way encryption algorithms like blowfish are very hard to break, too
> bad they are
> not build in to PG.
> 

this could be easily done with
PL/perl couldnt it?


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