RE: IDS10 and Encryption

Posted in 2007

Colin Dawson — Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:49:53 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I'm looking into using column level encryption and was wanting any info on what people have done in that area Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't ________________________________ Subject: Re: IDS10 and Encryption To: colin@colindawson.com From: manojm@us.ibm.com Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:26:53 -0500 CC: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org; informix-list@iiug.org I am assuming that you are talking about Encryption CSM (ENCCSM) Nothing in particular.. but if you just want to encrypt just the password you can use the other CSM, Simple Password CSM (This will save the overhead of encrypting everything) Also, there are four modes for each cipher.. ECB mode is very weak, so preferably don't use that. Use the same Mackey file at both ends. Manoj _________________________________________________________________ Celeb spotting – Play CelebMashup and win cool prizes https://www.celebmashup.com