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From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [HACKERS] WIP: Data at rest encryption
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaXGx=7VEVz7eq9T=raZRHm3iNc244Sx=T1UxX-+szOUQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: WIP: Data at rest encryption  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] WIP: Data at rest encryption  (Ants Aasma <ants.aasma@eesti.ee>)
Re: [HACKERS] WIP: Data at rest encryption  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/16 9:56 AM, Ants Aasma wrote:
>>
>> Similar things can be achieved with filesystem level encryption.
>> However this is not always optimal for various reasons. One of the
>> better reasons is the desire for HSM based encryption in a storage
>> area network based setup.
>
> Could you explain this in more detail?

I don't think Ants ever responded to this point.

I'm curious whether this is something that is likely to be pursued for
PostgreSQL 11.

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Robert Haas
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