ENCRYPT v16

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The ENCRYPT function or procedure uses a user-specified algorithm, key, and optional initialization vector to encrypt RAW, BLOB, or CLOB data. The signature of the ENCRYPT function is:

ENCRYPT
  (<src> IN RAW, <typ> IN INTEGER, <key> IN RAW,
   <iv> IN RAW DEFAULT NULL) RETURN RAW

The signature of the ENCRYPT procedure is:

ENCRYPT
  (<dst> INOUT BLOB, <src> IN BLOB, <typ> IN INTEGER, <key> IN RAW,
   <iv> IN RAW DEFAULT NULL)

or

ENCRYPT
  (<dst> INOUT BLOB, <src> IN CLOB, <typ> IN INTEGER, <key> IN RAW,
   <iv> IN RAW DEFAULT NULL)

When invoked as a procedure, ENCRYPT returns BLOB or CLOB data to a user-specified BLOB.

Parameters

dst

dst specifies the name of a BLOB to which to write the output of the ENCRYPT procedure. The ENCRYPT procedure overwrites any existing data currently in dst.

src

src specifies the source data to encrypt. If you're invoking ENCRYPT as a function, specify RAW data. If invoking ENCRYPT as a procedure, specify BLOB or CLOB data.

typ

typ specifies the block cipher type used by ENCRYPT and any modifiers. EDB Postgres Advanced Server supports the block cipher algorithms, modifiers, and cipher suites shown in the table.

Block cipher algorithms
ENCRYPT_DESCONSTANT INTEGER := 1;
ENCRYPT_3DESCONSTANT INTEGER := 3;
ENCRYPT_AESCONSTANT INTEGER := 4;
ENCRYPT_AES128CONSTANT INTEGER := 6;
ENCRYPT_AES192CONSTANT INTEGER := 192;
ENCRYPT_AES256CONSTANT INTEGER := 256;
Block cipher modifiers
CHAIN_CBCCONSTANT INTEGER := 256;
CHAIN_ECBCONSTANT INTEGER := 768;
Block cipher padding modifiers
PAD_PKCS5CONSTANT INTEGER := 4096;
PAD_NONECONSTANT INTEGER := 8192;
Block cipher suites
DES_CBC_PKCS5CONSTANT INTEGER := ENCRYPT_DES + CHAIN_CBC + PAD_PKCS5;
DES3_CBC_PKCS5CONSTANT INTEGER := ENCRYPT_3DES + CHAIN_CBC + PAD_PKCS5;
AES_CBC_PKCS5CONSTANT INTEGER := ENCRYPT_AES + CHAIN_CBC + PAD_PKCS5;

key

key specifies the encryption key.

iv

iv (optional) specifies an initialization vector. By default, iv is NULL.

Examples

This example uses the DBMS_CRYPTO.DES_CBC_PKCS5 Block Cipher Suite (a predefined set of algorithms and modifiers) to encrypt a value retrieved from the passwords table:

CREATE TABLE passwords
(
  principal   VARCHAR2(90) PRIMARY KEY, -- username
  ciphertext  RAW(9) -- encrypted password
);
CREATE PROCEDURE set_password(username VARCHAR2, cleartext RAW) AS
 typ         INTEGER := DBMS_CRYPTO.DES_CBC_PKCS5;
 key         RAW(128) := 'my secret key';
 iv          RAW(100) := 'my initialization vector';
 encrypted   RAW(2048);
BEGIN
  encrypted := dbms_crypto.encrypt(cleartext, typ, key, iv);
  UPDATE passwords SET ciphertext = encrypted WHERE principal = username;
END;

ENCRYPT uses a key value of my secret key and an initialization vector of my initialization vector when encrypting the password. Specify the same key and initialization vector when decrypting the password.

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