>From a money perspective - yes
>From a resource perspective - no, using the
obfuscation toolkit does add lots of cpu to your
processing (if you're handling lots of rows)
hth
connor
- Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com wrote: >
> We are in the process of upgrading most of our
> databases to 8.1.7.1
> (Enterprise Edition) on Sun Solaris 2.6.
>
> We need to be able to do field-level encryption of
> some of our data. I
> think that we should be able to
> do so with DBMS_OBFUSCATION. Is DBMS_OBFUSCATION
> free with 8.1.7.1
> Enterprise Edition?
>
> Are there other standard methods/tools that we can
> use within Oracle to do
> this field-level encryption?
> If yes, are they free or part of an add-on bundle?
> If add-on, which
> add-on?
>
> I've been trying to research this on Technet but
> having difficulty
> correlating functionality with cost.
> My boss wants the answer today so I thought I'd
> throw it out to the crowd.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Cherie Machler
> Gelco Information Network
>
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