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Encryption of CiviCRM data
May 01, 2012, 06:37:13 pm
Is it possible to encrypt CiviCRM database tables?  Can this be done in a way that is transparent to CiviCRM?   Has anyone done this before?
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Re: Encryption of CiviCRM data
May 01, 2012, 08:06:35 pm
We used encfs (the user-space version) with success a couple years ago. The user-space version is pretty straightforward but requires mounting the encrypted filesystem where the db resides manually on every boot (or storing the password in a file somewhere which sort of defeats the purpose). There's also a kernel-space variation, although I'm not sure if that would work on most hosting nowadays where the server is actually a VM. Maybe read up on the latest to see what's available.

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Re: Encryption of CiviCRM data
May 01, 2012, 10:38:42 pm
As suggested by dave, the easiest seems to be to put the database on a disk volume that is encrypted.

Check out what ubuntu uses, they have this option to encrypt the home partition, that doesn't seem to have a big impact (never tried, not sure what it does/doesn't do)

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Re: Encryption of CiviCRM data
May 08, 2012, 05:55:16 am
Yep, I agree - did the same thing a year or so ago and its the least disruptive option.

It makes taking copies of databases on different hosts interesting but thats the point!
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