Yes, I mean hide. I am approaching the problem out of the perspective of a malicious user / hacker.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Bill Moran <wmo...@potentialtech.com>wrote: > In response to Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com>: > > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Hector Beyers <hqbey...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > does ANYONE have any tips on hiding data on a database server? This > means > > > that data is stored in places that is not necessarily picked up in the > > > schema of the database. I am doing some research on databases and need > some > > > direction. > > On a more serious note, I would think the only way to do that would be > to have columns that are misnamed and don't do what you expect. > > For example, have an image column that stores image data with your > secret data hidden via steganography. You could do something similar > with some scheme to hide data in text fields or numeric fields, but I > don't know of any specific technique. > > Assuming you mean _hide_ and not _secure_. To secure it, encrypt it > (using something like pgcrypto). > > But in the schema? I doubt it. PG's data storage is pretty transparent, > you'd probably have to hack the source to pull that off. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ >
