Re: Obfuscation Toolkit Question....

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:22:39 -0700
Message-ID: <bf463805071113223d79ad7a@mail.gmail.com>

If you are on 9i+, you should probably be using DBMS_CRYPTO_TOOLKIT.

It is more secure than DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT, and includes MD5 hash functions that may be used for comparisons.

Jared

On 7/11/05, Tapan Trivedi <taptriv_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I am using DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT to encrypt certain sensitive columns.
>
> I also have a need to compare those columns and hence the need to store
> the same values in a hash value so that it can be compared when sent to
> clients with the hash value key. The encrypted values by the
> OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT cannot be compared from what I know. How do generate
> hash values for the data already stored in the database and use the same for
> comparing etc ? Has anyone worked on this ? ANy function written that I can
> use ? I need this first for a demo(urgent) and then for the actual
> implementation (breather of two weeks). Any help , pointers will be
> appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tapan Trivedi
>
>
>
> Tapan Trivedi
> Senior Oracle DBA
> 916 613 1921
>

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Received on Mon Jul 11 2005 - 15:24:41 CDT