Re: Field Level Encryption - Best Practices

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jerry...I don't know my COMMON number or password. Any chance
that you could send them to me? I'll buy you a soda in Reno.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Charles Guarino gave a session on this at the Nashville COMMON
>  Conference a couple of weeks ago, Michael.  I've heard the session
>  before, and I don't recall that he used a shadow/mirror table but,
>  since, you attended the conference, you could download it from
>  www.common.org/conferences/sguide/S08/main.htm .
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>  Michael Ryan wrote:
>  > Looking for input. Embarking on a project to encrypt certain fields in
>  > different files. My first thought is to have a shadow file containing
>  > the encrypted fields, and then having a process to do
>  > encryption/decryption as needed. I would blank/zero the fields in the
>  > 'master' file. I was thinking a shadow file because 1. - I wouldn't
>  > have to change the format of the 'master' file; anmd 2. - I wouldn't
>  > care about the difference in field length (encrypted/unencrypted).
>  > Ideas? Thoughts? Thanks!
>  >
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