encrypted data types?

Started by Jean-Christian Imbeaultover 23 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1Jean-Christian Imbeault
jc@mega-bucks.co.jp

Are there any built in data type in pgsql that support encryption? I did
a quick scan of the online docs and can find anything.

I could implement this programmatically on the front end but it would be
nice it pgsql already had something that I could use.

Thanks!

Jc

#2Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Jean-Christian Imbeault (#1)
Re: encrypted data types?

See contrib/pgcrypto.

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Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:

Are there any built in data type in pgsql that support encryption? I did
a quick scan of the online docs and can find anything.

I could implement this programmatically on the front end but it would be
nice it pgsql already had something that I could use.

Thanks!

Jc

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#3Joshua D. Drake
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In reply to: Jean-Christian Imbeault (#1)
Re: encrypted data types?

Hello,

We are currently working on something with mcrypt.

J

Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:

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Are there any built in data type in pgsql that support encryption? I
did a quick scan of the online docs and can find anything.

I could implement this programmatically on the front end but it would
be nice it pgsql already had something that I could use.

Thanks!

Jc

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