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SecurityYou can secure your Informix® database server and the data that is stored in your Informix® databases. You can encrypt data, secure connections, control user privileges and access, and audit data security.
Security in HCL Informix®The Informix® 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.
Communication support modules for data transmission encryptionYou can use the communication support modules (CSMs) to encrypt data transmissions, including distributed queries, over the network.
Network data encryption syntaxYou must specify network encryption libraries and options in the concsm.cfg file.

Network data encryption syntax

You must specify network encryption libraries and options in the concsm.cfg file.

You can specify the following types of encryption options:

DES and AES ciphers to use during encryption
Modes to use during encryption
Message authentication code (MAC) key files
MAC levels
Switch frequency for ciphers and keys

You can use the following methods to specify encryption options.

Note: In concsm.cfg, invoking an encryption parameters file is simpler than using encryption tags.

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