Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption?

Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-05-22T20:37:29Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 5/22/23 15:06, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 5/22/23 12:38, Ron wrote:
>> On 5/22/23 14:22, Tony Xu wrote:
>
>> RDS Postgresql would do the job just fine.  And since you can't get to 
>> the files (only access it via port 5432 and aws cli/web, there's no need 
>> for TDE.
>
> As I understand TDE whether you can get to the files is not really the 
> point. It is that someone/thing can and if they do the files are 
> encrypted. Pretty sure RDS is not magical enough to have no access from 
> any source to the file system.

They sure hide the raw files well, only allowing access from very restricted 
paths (port

Or maybe we just locked it down tight.

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