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defrex / django-encrypted-fields

This is a collection of Django Model Field classes that are encrypted using Keyczar.
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A stupid question, how secure is it? #19

Closed sunjoomoon closed 8 years ago

sunjoomoon commented 8 years ago

Say, if social security number is encrypted, in general, how tough is it to crack it down?

defrex commented 8 years ago

That very much depends how it's encrypted. Keyczar can use a lot of different methods. That said, most of them are going to be extremely strong; infeasible to crack given the technology we know about.

However, if someone gets their hands on your keys, it's a different story. If you're worried about security, focus of securing your keys as much as possible.

sunjoomoon commented 8 years ago

Well noted and indeed makes sense.