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you store them on a different server
On 03/05/06, Muqthar Ahmed <muqthara_at_americanblinds.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> "If the disks are stolen, the information contained in the table segments
> remain encrypted. The thief needs the table key to see the encrypted value,
> but to get that he needs the master key, which is externally stored and
> hence unavailable."
>
> What if the database size is small and stored on a single or 2-disk on a
> system. The master key has to be stored on one of the disks. What if both
> disks are stolen........is your database still secured?
>
-- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Wed May 03 2006 - 09:02:53 CDT
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