tde

I want to enable Transparent Data encryption (TDE) on MySQL. I don't mind if the entire db is encrypted (as opposed to a few columns or rows or tables). I am using this for a study, so I am looking for something that is open and free. I found zNcrypt but it's a commercial product. They are essentially using eCryptfs which is open-source, but couldn't find a way to rightly configure it for MySQL. Any pointers on using eCryptfs with MySQL or any other solution for enabling TDE with MySQL would be very helpful. Thanks! Ildefonso Camargo I see this question is relatively old, but just in case:

Our client need to encrypt the MOSS content database so the content db should not be able to view by DBA or unauthorized people without the right encryption key. Seem the Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server 2008 cannot protect the sensitive information from DBA cause TDE is designed to protect data 'at rest'. Does anyone here faced this problem? It seems to me that a requirement to have sensitive data in a database is to trust the database admin. Even if you could encrypt the data in a manner the dba isn't able to see it, he could sniff the connection where you pass the key (or the