Re: better page-level checksums - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: better page-level checksums
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Msg-id Yqe01lndDG4G1Jjz@momjian.us
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In response to Re: better page-level checksums  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 03:03:17PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 2:54 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 02:44:41PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > > Is that the how block-level encryption feature from EDB Advanced Server does it?
> >
> > Uh, EDB Advanced Server doesn't have a block-level encryption feature.
> 
> Apparently there is something called "Vormetric Transparent Encryption
> (VTE) – Transparent block-level encryption with access controls":
> 
> https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/enhanced-security-edb-postgres-advanced-server-vormetric-data-security-platform
> 
> Perhaps there is some kind of confusion around the terminology here?

That is encryption done in a virtual file system independent of
Postgres.  So, I guess the answer to your question is that this is not
how EDB Advanced Server does it.

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