Re: [Proposal] Table-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and KeyManagement Service (KMS)

On 06/20/2018 05:05 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:29:32AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
>>>> Or
>>>> maybe key management is really tied into the separately discussed effort
>>>> to create SQL VARIABLEs somehow.
>>>
>>> Could you elaborate on how key management is tied into SQL VARIABLEs?
>>
>> Well, the key management probably is not, but the SQL VARIABLE might be
>> where the key is stored for use.
> 
> I disagree.  I would need to understand how an extension actually helps
> here, because it certainly limits flexibility compared to a shell
> command.

That flexibility the shell command gives you is also a huge hole from a
security standpoint.

Joe

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