{ dbeng12 | dbsrv12 } -ep ...

All operating systems and database servers.

The -ep option instructs the database server to make a window appear for the user to enter the encryption key for database started on the command line that require an encryption key. This server option provides an extra measure of security by never allowing the encryption key to be seen in clear text.

When used with the server, the user is prompted for the encryption key when the following are all true:

If you want to secure communication packets between client applications and the database server use the -ec server option and transport-layer security. See Transport-layer security.

• Starting the database server with transport-layer security
• -ec dbeng12/dbsrv12 server option
• -ek dbeng12/dbsrv12 database option
• Encryption (ENC) connection parameter
• DatabaseKey (DBKEY) connection parameter

The user is prompted for the encryption key when the myencrypted.db database is started:

dbsrv12 -ep -x tcpip myencrypted.db