What is the best way to encrypt a clob?

Question

I am using Oracle 9 and JDBC and would like to encyrpt clob since it is inserted into the DB. Ideally, I would just like to paste the plaintext and encrypt it using a stored procedure:

String SQL = "INSERT INTO table (ID, VALUE) values (?, encrypt(?))";
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(SQL);
ps.setInt(id);
ps.setString(plaintext);
ps.executeUpdate();

Clear text should not exceed 4000 characters, but encryption makes the text longer. Our current encryption approach uses dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.DESEncrypt (), but we only handle varchars. Will there be the following work?

FUNCTION encrypt(p_clob IN CLOB) RETURN CLOB
IS
    encrypted_string        CLOB;
    v_string                CLOB;
BEGIN
  dbms_lob.createtemporary(encrypted_string, TRUE);
  v_string := p_clob;
  dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.DESEncrypt(
    input_string => v_string,
    key_string => key_string,
    encrypted_string => encrypted_string );
  RETURN UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW(encrypted_string);
END;

I am confused about a temporary clown; do i need to close it? Or am I completely tracked?

: . - , varchar. , ; varchars ( 2000 ) .

Answer 1

, Oracle 9, Oracle 10g + dbms_obfuscation_toolkit dbms_crypto.

dbms_crypto CLOB:

DBMS_CRYPTO.ENCRYPT(
   dst IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,
   src IN            CLOB         CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
   typ IN            PLS_INTEGER,
   key IN            RAW,
       iv  IN            RAW          DEFAULT NULL);

DBMS_CRYPT.DECRYPT(
   dst IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB         CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
   src IN            BLOB,
   typ IN            PLS_INTEGER,
   key IN            RAW,
   iv  IN            RAW          DEFAULT NULL);

Answer 2

Oracle Documentation :

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96612/d_obtoo2.htm

DECLARE
   input_string        VARCHAR2(16) := 'tigertigertigert';
   raw_input           RAW(128) := UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW(input_string);
   key_string          VARCHAR2(8)  := 'scottsco';
   raw_key             RAW(128) := UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW(key_string);
   encrypted_raw               RAW(2048);
   encrypted_string            VARCHAR2(2048);
   decrypted_raw               RAW(2048);
   decrypted_string            VARCHAR2(2048); 
   error_in_input_buffer_length EXCEPTION;
   PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(error_in_input_buffer_length, -28232);
   INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH_ERR_MSG VARCHAR2(100) :=
    '*** DES INPUT BUFFER NOT A MULTIPLE OF 8 BYTES - IGNORING 
EXCEPTION ***';
   double_encrypt_not_permitted EXCEPTION;
   PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(double_encrypt_not_permitted, -28233);
   DOUBLE_ENCRYPTION_ERR_MSG VARCHAR2(100) :=
    '*** CANNOT DOUBLE ENCRYPT DATA - IGNORING EXCEPTION ***';

    -- 1. Begin testing raw data encryption and decryption
       BEGIN
   dbms_output.put_line('> ========= BEGIN TEST RAW DATA =========');
   dbms_output.put_line('> Raw input                        : ' || 
             UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(raw_input));
   BEGIN 
      dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.DESEncrypt(input => raw_input, 
               key => raw_key, encrypted_data => encrypted_raw );
      dbms_output.put_line('> encrypted hex value              : ' || 
           rawtohex(encrypted_raw));
  dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.DESDecrypt(input => encrypted_raw, 
           key => raw_key, decrypted_data => decrypted_raw);
  dbms_output.put_line('> Decrypted raw output             : ' || 
                UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(decrypted_raw));
  dbms_output.put_line('>  ');      
  if UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(raw_input) = 
                UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(decrypted_raw) THEN
     dbms_output.put_line('> Raw DES Encyption and Decryption successful');
  END if;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN error_in_input_buffer_length THEN
             dbms_output.put_line('> ' || INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH_ERR_MSG);
   END;
   dbms_output.put_line('>  ');

Answer 3

A little off topic: What is the first encryption / obfuscation point? An attacker who has access to your database will be able to obtain plaintext - detecting the above stored procedure will allow an attacker to perform decryption.