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Reputation: 1328

Need direction for Encrypt/decrypt data stored in SQLite database in iOS

Is there any way for securing data in SQLite; Can we apply encryption or decryption for our sensitive data in SQLite? I want it for my iOS App; It contains some sensitive data. If any one make this type of work then please guide; Your help will give me some direction; Many thanks

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6575

Answers (2)

Larry Bonham
Larry Bonham

Reputation: 1

If you need to put secure data on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X or Linux check out InterBase from Embarcadero: http://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase. I think it is the only DB with strong encryption across all those platforms. It uses the same data storage across all of these platforms so one could simply copy the .gdb file between any platform.

Upvotes: 0

Tarek Hallak
Tarek Hallak

Reputation: 18470

Just FYI you cannot secure the client 100%, it is better to put your sensitive data on a server, or you can do more security for the application itself, because if the hacker can physically access you device he will find his way to get the data.

For your question a good thing you can do is encrypting the data with the user's password and save this encrypted data in SQLLite, then save this password in the keychain.

I suggest to read below SO questions:

SQLite Security in iOS

Encrypting SQLite Database file in iPhone OS

How Should I Secure a SQLite Database in iOS?

Upvotes: 3

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