[thelist] Encrypting fields in MS Access table

[Ken Schaefer]

On 1/10/06, Ed McCarroll <Ed at comsimplicity.com> wrote:
> A client of mine wants to encrypt credit card and Social Security
> numbers in an Access database.  I've Googled up a few off-the-shelf
> solutions, like CryptoSys and NetLib Encryptionizer, but was wondering
> if any of you had any recommendations or advice.

Hi there,

The problem with encryption is secure key storage (presumably you wish
to decrypt this stuff, otherwise you'd just using a hashing
algorithm). If your client is using a shared hosting service, how is
he/she going to keep the decryption key secure?

Cheers
Ken