On Saturday 06 May 2017 11:56:28 Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2017-05-05 11:51, agajeshwar@atompower.com wrote:
> > I want to encrypt my sqlite3 database such that it cannot be
> > accessed without a key. I came across "sqlcipher" tool which
> > provides encryption for sqlite3 database, but I couldn't find
> > enough support to make it work from django.
> >
> > It would be very helpful if someone can share thoughts on how to
> > encrypt sqlite3 database and be able to access the encrypted
> > version through django.
>
> While there are other ideas presented in other replies to your email,
> would it suffice to have an encrypted partition and put your database
> on that partition? I configure my FreeBSD servers to be ZFS-on-GELI so
> in the event the power goes out or the machine is rebooted, the
> contents are unavailable until I enter the password on the console.
Unfortunately, that doesn't prevent theft at runtime, which is the primary case for encrypting "documents". I used to do something like this with svn passwords, using a file-backed mdconfig store and geli.
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Melvyn Sopacua
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