RE: encryption

  • From: "TJ Kiernan" <tkiernan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <gints.plivna@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:46:02 -0500

DBMS_CRYPTO is server-side only (encrypting data at rest).  If you're looking 
to encrypt SQL*Net traffic, you're going to need Advanced Security, which IIRC 
costs 1/4 a license (and EE).

Thanks,
T. J.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Zelli, Brian [mailto:Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:39 AM
To: TJ Kiernan; gints.plivna@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: encryption

So if you encrypt, do you need de-cryption on the client side?

ciao,
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: TJ Kiernan [mailto:tkiernan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:09 AM
To: gints.plivna@xxxxxxxxx; Zelli, Brian
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; TJ Kiernan
Subject: RE: encryption

DBMS_CRYPTO is free (included in your basic license), even in SE.  As is almost 
always the case, Tim Hall has a great primer on the subject: 
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/database-security-enhancements-10g.php#dbms_crypto

HTH,
T. J.
 

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