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Posted to solr-user@lucene.apache.org by Jay Hill <ja...@gmail.com> on 2009/09/16 16:39:43 UTC
Any way to encrypt/decrypt stored fields?
For security reasons (say I'm indexing very sensitive data, medical records
for example) is there a way to encrypt data that is stored in Solr? Some
businesses I've encountered have such needs and this is a barrier to them
adopting Solr to replace other legacy systems. Would it require a
custom-written filter to encrypt during indexing and decrypt at query time,
or is there something I'm unaware of already available to do this?
-Jay
Re: Any way to encrypt/decrypt stored fields?
Posted by Bill Au <bi...@gmail.com>.
That's certainly something that is doable with a filter. I am not aware of
any available.
Bill
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jay Hill <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For security reasons (say I'm indexing very sensitive data, medical records
> for example) is there a way to encrypt data that is stored in Solr? Some
> businesses I've encountered have such needs and this is a barrier to them
> adopting Solr to replace other legacy systems. Would it require a
> custom-written filter to encrypt during indexing and decrypt at query time,
> or is there something I'm unaware of already available to do this?
>
> -Jay
>
Re: Any way to encrypt/decrypt stored fields?
Posted by Erik Hatcher <er...@gmail.com>.
This could be achieved purely client-side if all you're talking about
is a stored field (not indexed/searchable). The client-side could
encrypt and encode the encrypted bits as text that Solr/Lucene can
store. Then decrypt client-side.
Erik
On Sep 16, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Jay Hill wrote:
> For security reasons (say I'm indexing very sensitive data, medical
> records
> for example) is there a way to encrypt data that is stored in Solr?
> Some
> businesses I've encountered have such needs and this is a barrier to
> them
> adopting Solr to replace other legacy systems. Would it require a
> custom-written filter to encrypt during indexing and decrypt at
> query time,
> or is there something I'm unaware of already available to do this?
>
> -Jay