IAianpurton·Feb 3, 2023
You want to look at acra which intercepts your postgres calls and adds encryption.
https://github.com/cossacklabs/acra
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Database security suite. Database proxy with field-level encryption, search through encrypted data, SQL injections prevention, intrusion detection, honeypots. Supports client-side and proxy-side ("transparent") encryption. SQL, NoSQL.
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Database security suite. Database proxy with field-level encryption, search through encrypted data, SQL injections prevention, intrusion detection, honeypots. Supports client-side and proxy-side ("transparent") encryption. SQL, NoSQL.
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4 sourcesSo I've seen something like this before i.e. https://github.com/cossacklabs/acra
So for me everything has to be infrastructures as code. I don't want to log into a UI and start configuring connections etc.
Also not keen on giving you production accesses to my databases, but maybe I misunderstood your implementation.
So I like the idea of a docker container that does this as a proxy.
It's a tough market you're going into, $395 per database is a big ask.
In Launch HN: JumpWire (YC W22) – Easily encrypt customer data in your databasesTools for cloud storage ([Tresorit](https://tresorit.com/)), email ([Protonmail](https://protonmail.com/)), instant-messaging ([Signal](https://signal.org/)), collaborative text documents ([CryptPad](https://cryptpad.fr/)), hard drive encryption ([VeraCrypt](https://veracrypt.fr/))
What I was able to find to replace Google Sheets:
- Google Sheets clones with a few additional collaborative features ([Zoho](https://www.zoho.eu/sheet/))
- ways to encrypt spreadsheets
- online databases ([Airtable](https://airtable.com/))
- ways to encrypt databases on servers ([Acra](https://github.com/cossacklabs/acra))
- kinda secure databases ([KoBo](http://kobotoolbox.org/) not actually encrypted but at least managed by UNHCR)
In Ask HN: End-to-end encrypted online spreadsheet toolAcra – Database protection suite with selective encryption and intrusion detection
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