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David - I haven't heard of this feature in Oracle. For one thing, there are
many ways to back up Oracle data. Many of these methods are simply direct
O.S. file copies. But most O.S.'s offer a file encryption utility that you
could easily incorporate into your backup script. But if you choose to do
this, be sure to test the recovery. Some utilities try to be helpful and
remove "wasted" space in files. Oracle relies on the file being exactly what
it created, empty space and all.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Has anybody ever heard of encrypting backup data through Oracle? I have
never heard of Oracle being able to do this. I am being asked this question
by the account manager:
Do you know if Oracle has the capability to encrypt back-up data, and then
use a reverse encryption process when restoring the data?
thanks,
David Ehresmann.
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