Re: Database encryption & security

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll look into it. Might be
more hassle than it's worth; on thinking about it, I don't think it
really matters if the main user has access to the DB info - he will
also have access to the code, so I guess if he wanted to, he could
code something up to get the details out!

On Dec 21, 8:39 pm, Victor <victor.sc...@critotech.com> wrote:
> You can take a look at what CritoTECH.com is offering with ezNcrypt.
> It's Transparent Data Encryption and Key Management for MySQL.  This
> means it requires no changes to your application or database to
> encrypt your data and it will allow you to encrypt specific tables
> instead of having to encrypt the entire file system.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Victor
>
> On Dec 18, 4:43 am, WhyNotSmile <sharongilmor...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I was wondering whether anyone could help me out with some database
> > encryption.  The app stores a bit of personal info in the MySQL
> > database - name, address, phone number, email address & password.  I
> > think I should probably encrypt this in the database so that even the
> > owner of the database can't see the information there.
>
> > I don't think security will be a huge issue, but all the same I think
> > it would be good to put something in place.
>
> > Anyway, I have looked online and can't really find anything to help me
> > - it's all a bit too advanced for my needs!  I thought there would be
> > a simple way of doing this, but I can't find one.
>
> > Basically, what I want is when Cake saves the data, it encrypts it
> > first, and then decrypts it when it loads it back in.  I was sure I'd
> > read this in the manual, but can't find it now!  There is stuff in
> > there about salt values, but I don't understand how that works (and
> > anyway, I set the salt value, and it clearly doesn't cause my data to
> > encrypt!).
>
> > It doesn't have to encrypt absolutely everything (some of it is just
> > random info), but if it is easier to just do the lot, then that's
> > grand.  Also, the data is in UTF-8, if that makes any difference.
>
> > So if someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be very
> > grateful.
>
> > Thank you.

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