Re: IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS

If you care to read the details, nobody is talking about encrypting a column. It's about encrypting the chunks in a transparent way to the oninit processes. And you didn't get the point about root access. Maybe it's my English. The idea is that root won't be allowed to read the encrypted data. If you can spare 10 minutes see the video at: http://informix-technology.blogspot.com/2008/10/encryption-all-your-data-base-are-not.html Regards. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote: > if you look past the marketing blurb, more smoke than mirrors. > Without encryption hardware, you're going to take a huge performance hit if > you're encrypting a column that you index. > > And why would you need root access for encryption? > > >> From: domusonline@gmail.com >> Subject: IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS >> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:35:51 +0000 >> To: informix-list@iiug.org >> >> IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS: >> >> http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/database-encryption-expert/ >> >> The latest fixpack (1.1.3) introduces support for Informix 11.10FC2 and >> 11.50. >> This means transparent data encryption without root access... >> >> Regards >> -- >> Fernando Nunes >> Portugal >> >> http://informix-technology.blogspot.com >> My email works... but I don't check it frequently... >> _______________________________________________ >> Informix-list mailing list >> Informix-list@iiug.org >> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > ________________________________ > You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. See how -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...