RE: Encryption Question

Posted in 2007

Ian Michael Gumby — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:42:58 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

>From: John <john_hibner@earthlink.net> >Hello Everyone, > > Does anyone know if Informix can alter the encryption password or key >on the fly, as opposed to decrypting and then re- encrypting? >If so what is the syntax? I looked in the manual(online) does not show >that type of functionality. > >Thanks, > >-John Hibner No, No system can do that. You have to decrypt and recrypt with new key for all systems. But you could use one key for the encryption/decryption of your data and then use a second key for encrypting and decrypting the first key... _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail'award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507