dbsrv16 -ep ...

All operating systems and database servers.

The -ep option instructs the database server to display a window where the user enters the encryption key for databases 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 database server, the user is prompted for the encryption key when the following are all true:

To secure communication packets between client applications and the database server, use the -ec server option and transport-layer security.

• Transport-layer security
• Database server with transport-layer security
• -ec database server option
• -ek 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:

dbsrv16 -ep -x tcpip myencrypted.db