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From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Encryption in pg_dump
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:34:44 +1000
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Paul F=C3=B6rster <paul.foerster@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Bruce,
>
>> On 22. Jul, 2020, at 20:55, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>>=20
>> Does anyone know why we are getting so many requests for encrypting
>> dumps all of a sudden?
>
> probably because a) people don't read past posts and b) more and more IT =
heads decide that *everything*, be it internal to the company or not, has t=
o be encrypted.
>

Yes, I think the IT heads issue is the primary driver - combined with
very poor understanding of information security at senior levels and a
huge growth of poor quality and 'snake oil salesmen' in the IT security spa=
ce
due to the amount of money ill informed senior managers are throwing at
what they think is a technical problem which usually is in fact a
business process problem.=20

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Tim Cross