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Re: WIP: Data at rest encryption

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Ants Aasma <ants.aasma@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-06-12T19:38:49Z
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/16 9:56 AM, Ants Aasma wrote:
>>
>> Similar things can be achieved with filesystem level encryption.
>> However this is not always optimal for various reasons. One of the
>> better reasons is the desire for HSM based encryption in a storage
>> area network based setup.
>
> Could you explain this in more detail?

I don't think Ants ever responded to this point.

I'm curious whether this is something that is likely to be pursued for
PostgreSQL 11.

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