SQLCipher – Full Database Encryption for SQLite
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Re: SQLCipher – Full Database Encryption for SQLite
#2Used it plenty of times in the past and always been pleased with it's ease of use both in server side situations as well as mobile. More recently we've also used it in xamarin.
Is it posted here because something new has happened?
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#3I much prefer Realm over SQLite. The interface is just so much nicer (just objects, no more SQL, yeah!) and encryption is build in from the get go.
Re: SQLCipher – Full Database Encryption for SQLite
#4The SQLite Encryption Extension is another encryption library for SQLite (under a commercial license): http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/see.html
It's created by the authors of SQLite, so purchasing it helps support the public domain SQLite project.
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#5I much prefer Realm over SQLite. The interface is just so much nicer (just objects, no more SQL, yeah!) and encryption is build in from the get go.
Main benefit with SQLite is wide compatibility. If you want to use objects there are plenty of ORM solutions available which work with SQLite while not breaking generic file & SQL compatibility.
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#6The SQLite Encryption Extension is another encryption library for SQLite (under a commercial license): http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/see.html It's created by the authors of SQLite, so purchasing it helps support the public domain SQLite project.
Does it authenticate encrypted data?
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#7wxSQLite3 also has encryption available in it. You can use it without having to use the wxWidgets wrappers.
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#8>> "Features: Algorithms provided by the peer reviewed OpenSSL crypto library"
Did they add that on their landing page before or after Heartbleed ? (Wayback Machine only has a snapshot as early as Oct 2014)
Re: SQLCipher – Full Database Encryption for SQLite
#9From Wikipedia, use of PBKDF2 leaves this vulnerable to GPU based fast dictionary attacks (versus eg: scrypt that is a deliberate RAM hog).
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#10Oh yeah, something to read over and search for implementation flaws on the bus ride in to work. Monday is better now :)