Veil

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Version:
0.9.6 (Alpha)

License

BSD

Introduction

Veil is a data security add-on for Postgres. It provides an API allowing you to control access to data at the row, or even column, level. Different users will be able to run the same query and see different results. Other database vendors describe this as a Virtual Private Database.

Why do I need this?

If you have a database-backed application that stores sensitive data, you will be taking at least some steps to protect that data. Veil provides a way of protecting your data with a security mechanism within the database itself. No matter how you access the database, whether you are a legitimate user or not, you cannot by-pass Veil without superuser privileges.

The Veil Advantage

By placing security mechanisms within the database itself we get a number of advantages:

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