Answer by Tangurena for Where do I securely store the key for a system where...
To begin with, to reduce the risk of stealing the database, you may wish to store the encrypt/decrypt key elsewhere on the computer. A very simple solution would be to store it in the registry. A more...
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You can use a password based key, which is a similar approach to the PGP method, create a key somehow (random clicks, random numbers etc.), encrypt it with a password and store it somewhere. When the...
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The visibility of the source doesn't matter because it makes no sense to store the decryption keys there anyway. The answer lies with your operating system.This question probably belongs on...
View ArticleWhere do I securely store the key for a system where the source is visible?
I have a customer with an Access database (ugh!) in which credit cards are stored in plaintext (yikes!), so amongst other changes I'm doing in the app, I'm applying some encryption in there.I've used...
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