SQL Anywhere 17 - Validate Encrypted Database

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I use full database encryption (AES256) method to create a new Encrypted database for our project. Testing team want to verify the Database is encrypted or not.

How to validate whether the database is encrypted or not?

Thanks, Jeyan

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asked 22 Feb '19, 02:18

Jeyan
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If you try to start an encrypted database without an encryption key you get an error. I guess that is quite a good validation...

Could not connect to the database.

Incorrect or missing encryption key
[Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere]Incorrect or missing encryption key
SQLCODE=-840
SQLSTATE=08001

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answered 22 Feb '19, 02:42

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You could also try to open the database file in a (hex) editor and try to "grab some readable contents". Of course that would usually also fail even if the database is just obfuscated via "simple encryption"...

(22 Feb '19, 03:27) Volker Barth

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