Re: [Hsqldb-user] Encrypt *.script in Base64

[Craig A. <cr...@si...>]

Stefan Bozic wrote:
> i want to encrypt all DB-Files (*.script, *.properties etc.) in Base64
> because i dont want that a dummy user can read the DB-Statements in
> cleartext.
> 
> We need base64 hence it is a open standard, so we can send the DB-Files
> to another user and he can decrypt the files easily.
> 
> Does anybody know an elegant way how to integrate the Base64-Encryption
> into the HSQLDB?

May I ask why you chose Base64? Base64 is simply a way of encoding 
binary data to be used in ASCII only media, and has nothing to do with 
encryption. You'd be better off using GPG or similar if you're just 
transferring files.

If you want to encrypt the files "live" as the database uses them, then 
I'm not sure there is a way to do it without some significant code 
change at the file access layer.

-- 
Craig Andrews <cr...@si...>