[CASSANDRA-9945] Add transparent data encryption core classes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Labels: encryption
• Assignee: Jason Brown
• Reporter: Jason Brown

Authors

Jason Brown

Reviewers

Robert Stupp

• Created: 30/Jul/15 21:01
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 01/Aug/15 14:17

Description

This patch will add the core infrastructure classes necessary for transparent data encryption (file-level encryption), as required for CASSANDRA-6018 and CASSANDRA-9633. The phrase "transparent data encryption", while not the most aesthetically pleasing, seems to be used throughout the database industry (Oracle, SQLQServer, Datastax Enterprise) to describe file level encryption, so we'll go with that, as well.

Issue Links

• blocks: CASSANDRA-9633 Add ability to encrypt sstables
• blocks: CASSANDRA-6018 Add option to encrypt commitlog
• relates to: CASSANDRA-12945 Resolve unit testing without JCE security libraries installed
• relates to: CASSANDRA-14107 Dynamic key rotation support for transparent data encryption
• links to: branch on github