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Subject: Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>, pgsql-general
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:01:52 +0200
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On Fri, 2025-10-17 at 00:49 -0400, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 6:05=E2=80=AFPM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gma=
il.com> wrote:
> >=20
> > TDE, on the other hand, is a very complex and difficult thing to add in=
to=C2=A0Postgres.
>=20
> TDE was added to SQL Server, with (to us, at least) minimally-noticed ove=
rhead.
> Oracle has it, too, but I don't know the details.
>=20
> The bottom line is that requirements for TDE are escalating, whether you =
like it or
> not, as Yet Another Layer Of Defense against hackers exfiltrating data, a=
nd then
> threatening to leak it to the public.

Bruce Momjian has interesting things to say about that in
https://compiledconversations.com/6/ (unfortunately I don't remember where
exactly in this 84 minute piece).

It is a feature that users want (or need to comply with whatever they feel
they have to comply with).  On the other hand, it has very limited technica=
l
or security value, which hampers its acceptance into core.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe