Category: Encryption
Manage encryption keys with PostgreSQL TDE
Manage encryption keys with PostgreSQL TDE PostgreSQL TDE is a version of PostgreSQL which offers on-disk encryption for PostgreSQL. Currently we at CYBERTEC maintain this piece of software for public use. What we have noticed recently is that people kept asking about how to integrate PostgreSQL TDE with existing key management solutions. To help you […]
TLS: Demystifying communication encryption in PostgreSQL
In this post, we want to give you a brief introduction to TLS (Transport Layer Security), which is a technology widely used in combination with PostgreSQL to encrypt client / server connections. What is TLS? TLS is short for “Transport Layer Security“, which is a means of making sure that whatever data you are sending […]
Setting up SSL authentication for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a secure database and we want to keep it that way. It makes sense, then, to consider SSL to encrypt the connection between client and server. This posting will help you to set up SSL authentication for PostgreSQL properly, and hopefully also to understand some background information to make your database more secure. […]