Hi.
That is an article on www.linuxuser.co.uk , issue 34 entitled "A Guide
to filesystem encryption"
that may do what you want to do.
It uses a method called "Loop-AES" http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net .
Hope it works for you
Sergio
Silvana Di Martino wrote:
>The new italian law about personal data protection (aka "privacy") requires
>the use of cryptography _both_ for protecting the network traffic _and_ for
>protecting the (personal) data stored on the hard disk.
>
>While I can see how to protect a PGSQL connection using SSH tunneling or a
>VPN, I cannot see any way to encrypt a PGSQL database stored on a hard disk,
>put aside the possibility to encrypt the hosting file system with LoopAES.
>
>Is there any (native/third party) tool for encrypting a PGSQL database on the
>disk? Is there any PGSQL option for encrypting data on the fly?
>
>Many thanks in advance for your attention.
>
>NOTE: the italian law on privacy ("Decreto Legge 196/03", Dicembre 2003) is
>available on the net:
>
>http://www.garanteprivacy.it
>http://www.interlex.it
>
>Of course, just in italian...
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>alessandrobottoni@interfree.it
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