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SecurityYou can secure your HCL OneDB™ database server and the data that is stored in your HCL OneDB™ databases. You can encrypt data, secure connections, control user privileges and access, and audit data security.
Security in HCL OneDB™The HCL OneDB™ Security Guide documents methods for keeping your data secure by preventing unauthorized viewing and altering of data or database objects, including how to use the secure-auditing facility of the database server.
Securing data
Network data encryptionUse network encryption to encrypt data transmitted between server and client, and between server and other server.
Background Knowledge on KeystoresThis topic offers some generic insights into keystores and how they are used for secure communications with the TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol. While the first part provides the theoretical background, the second part shows examples for applying this in practice using OpenSSL.
Concepts of Keys, Certificates and Keystores for TLSThis section explains keystores for TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security / Secure Socket Layer) connections between database clients and servers.

Concepts of Keys, Certificates and Keystores for TLS

This section explains keystores for TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security / Secure Socket Layer) connections between database clients and servers.

With the client-server architecture being the norm for database systems, the communication between the database client and the database server generally occurs over a network connection. While such a network connection may be completely inside a private network, like an intranet of a company, it can just as well include public sections using the internet. Especially connecting to the ever more popular servers and services in the cloud almost always involves sections of the public internet. In addition, new legislation, like the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in the European Union, require a stronger protection for the privacy of data. Securing the communication between database client and server is an important aspect and a requirement to be taken seriously.

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