Password and Data Encryption

PowerDesigner supports encryption of both passwords and data for direct and proxy connections to a repository and for connections to other databases using most of the supported DBMSs via one or more of native, ODBC, and JDBC connection profiles.

The following table provides information and examples for encrypting passwords and data with each type of connection:

Type	Encryption
Native	Password and data encryption can generally be enabled with connection parameters. For example, the password for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise is encrypted by default, and you can enable data encryption by setting the `Sec_Confidential` connection parameter to `1`.
ODBC	Password and data encryption can generally be enabled in the ODBC Configuration dialog. For example, to encrypt the password for Sybase SQL Anywhere, select the Encrypt password option on the Login tab, and to encrypt data, select an encryption method on the Network tab.
JDBC	It is not possible to control password and data encryption through the PowerDesigner connection profile interface, but you may be able to enable encryption directly in your database client.

Type

Encryption

Native

Password and data encryption can generally be enabled with connection parameters.

For example, the password for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise is encrypted by default, and you can enable data encryption by setting the Sec_Confidential connection parameter to 1.

ODBC

Password and data encryption can generally be enabled in the ODBC Configuration dialog.

For example, to encrypt the password for Sybase SQL Anywhere, select the Encrypt password option on the Login tab, and to encrypt data, select an encryption method on the Network tab.

JDBC

It is not possible to control password and data encryption through the PowerDesigner connection profile interface, but you may be able to enable encryption directly in your database client.

For more information about using PowerDesigner connection profiles, see Connecting to a Database. For detailed information about encryption and other parameters for your database, see your DBMS documentation.