Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 714DCD5AE for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 82395 invoked by uid 500); 14 Aug 2012 13:47:04 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 82330 invoked by uid 500); 14 Aug 2012 13:47:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@accumulo.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@accumulo.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 82319 invoked by uid 99); 14 Aug 2012 13:47:03 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:47:03 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of david.medinets@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.169 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.217.169] (HELO mail-lb0-f169.google.com) (209.85.217.169) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:46:55 +0000 Received: by lbon3 with SMTP id n3so285090lbo.0 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:46:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=8yp85pCJPBM8OxmyzG2StBU98rmqQc2KVZGeSuzL7CY=; b=aVw+e2Nugnqf3wcoMUQRkWCDYQ/sduby8HA20OPJq7KAP/ePkNmpcB3UsJMgGLIZf1 L1H8grOUf+doBkZOGeaqoDeEUdylPiyyRvnmk7Bb10ae4HxeE1QYrVjJjf0EDTM2SKCh N6b+vx73HYC9GjhyzeUQI/b8yHy8+flG84gFVZY4GWKTB80cWRGhdcw+AfXXtg7Y2RTU OnTB/ZUcb1hGM/DJi4nEg4iMBPhvqqXEeEL6/t9vdolSCxdmn7qKxx5jG3NiwWmpA0bC q8k2srqWWbE2hWodJUJf6Nl6WVeIyRN2oVEFhBygLqjdTkerBEgG/7WbAKk7LZa68hnf dIjA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.40.33 with SMTP id u1mr8024032lbk.28.1344951995231; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.41.227 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:46:35 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Storing Public Key As Column Qualifier From: David Medinets To: accumulo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is there any reason why I should not store a public key as the Column Qualifier and an encrypted value as the Value in a record? The idea is that my scan would return a set of encrypted values which would be unencrypted by the application using a private key. This is only works for simple data but it does allow each record to have a different encryption key pair.