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What is currently the best Searchable Encryption (SE) algorithm that works in practice?
I was at this talk earlier this year and was impressed by the approach. The product is called EncryptedQuery which attempts to solve the (I assume related) problem of Private Information Retrieval. ...
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Is Homomorphic SQL Query Encryption a good idea - and should I use It?
There are all kinds of experimental approaches that try to prevent SQL injection attacks, some of which are quite clever. It's possible that you've found some paper or article where somebody claims ...
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Are there currently any standards for Homomorphic encryption?
There's an ISO publication currently under development called "Information technology security techniques -- Encryption algorithms -- Part 6: Homomorphic encryption". It is listed under ISO/IEC DIS ...
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What is currently the best Searchable Encryption (SE) algorithm that works in practice?
It's scarce because searchable encryption is rarely practical.
Generally, it means you are either using a very weak cypher or you are decrypting everything as you go. The first case is bad because ...
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Is Homomorphic SQL Query Encryption a good idea - and should I use It?
I want to know whether it’s highly recommended, or not?
No, it's not recommended for all applications. It has its niche use cases, but if you are not sure you need it, you probably don't need it. I ...
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Is Homomorphic SQL Query Encryption a good idea - and should I use It?
Don't roll-you-own-encryption.
Leaving aside the most common reason this advice is cited (because you'll do it wrong and your implementation will have vulnerabilties) and your concerns regarding ...
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Confidential Computing - SQL Server Always Encrypted w/ Secure Enclave - Customer Managed Keys or alternative
There is a section describing options for extending the key management options. There might be some custom development but there seems to be a way to do it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/...
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Is it possible to search HTTPS messages using homomorphic encryption?
HTTPS works over TLS/SSL. The TLS/SSL uses usually RSA + AES. For RSA as well as for AES it is impossible to restore the pre-image, simply said, based on the encrypted message it is impossible to get ...
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How to safely handle non public data in memory
For your first question:
If Alice's machine is compromised, her private data is compromised too. There's no way to protect this "non public data" from someone who has access to the machine generating ...
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