证书可以在数据库中加密和解密数据 。证书包含密钥对、关于证书拥有者的信息、证书可用的开始和结束过期日期 。证书同时包含公钥和密钥,前者用来加密,后者解密 。SQL Server可以生成它自己的证书,也可以从外部文件或程序集载入 。因为可以备份然后从文件中载入它们,证书比非对称密钥更易于移植,而非对称密钥却做不到 。这意味着可以在数据库中方便地重用同一个证书 。
注意:证书和非对称密钥同样的消耗资源 。
我们看一组例子:
示例一、创建数据库证书
创建数据库证书:CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187798.aspx)
- USE DB_Encrypt_Demo
- GO
-
- CREATE CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!
- WITH SUBJECT = DB_Encrypt_Demo Database Encryption Certificate,
- START_DATE = 3/14/2011, EXPIRY_DATE = 10/20/2012
- GO
示例二、查看数据库中的证书
使用目录视图sys.certificates(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189774.aspx)来查看 。
-
- use DB_Encrypt_Demo
- go
-
- SELECT name, pvt_key_encryption_type_desc, issuer_name
- FROM sys.certificates
-
- /*
- name pvt_key_encryption_type_desc issuer_name
- cert_Demo ENCRYPTED_BY_PASSWORD DB_Encrypt_Demo Database Encryption Certificate
- */
示例三、备份和还原证书
创建证书后,也可以使用BACKUP CERTIFICATE(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178578.aspx)命令备份到文件,为了安全地保存或在其他数据库中还原它 。
-
- BACKUP CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- TO FILE = H:\SqlBackup\certDemo.BAK
- WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE=H:\SqlBackup\certDemoPK.BAK,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 1234GH!!!,
- DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!! )
-
- DROP CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- GO
-
- CREATE CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- FROM FILE = H:\SqlBackup\certDemo.BAK
- WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE = H:\SqlBackup\certDemoPK.BAK,
- DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 1234GH!!! ,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!)
-
示例四、管理证书的私钥
使用ALTER CERTIFICATE( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189511.aspx)命令为证书增加或删除私钥 。这个命令允许删除私钥(默认通过数据库主密钥时行加密)、增加私钥或修改私钥的密码 。
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo RE
- MOVE PRIVATE KEY
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- WITH PRIVATE KEY
- (FILE = H:\SqlBackup\certDemoPK.BAK,
- DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 1234GH!!! ,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!)
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- WITH PRIVATE KEY (DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = mynewpassword!!!13E)
示例五、使用证书加密和解密 。
使用函数EncryptByCert加密数据 。(http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/ms174361.aspx)
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- REMOVE PRIVATE KEY
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- WITH PRIVATE KEY
- (FILE = H:\SqlBackup\certDemoPK.BAK,
- DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 1234GH!!! ,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!)
-
- ALTER CERTIFICATE cert_Demo
- WITH PRIVATE KEY (DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = asdfG!!!,
- ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = mynewpassword!!!13E)
下面是一个例子:
- USE DB_Encrypt_Demo
- GO
-
- INSERT dbo.PWDQuestion
- (CustomerID, PasswordHintQuestion, PasswordHintAnswer)
- VALUES
- (10, 您出生的医院名称?,
- EncryptByCert(Cert_ID(cert_Demo), 北京四合院家中))
-
- SELECT CAST(PasswordHintAnswer as varchar(200)) PasswordHintAnswer
- FROM dbo.PWDQuestion
- WHERE CustomerID = 10
-

-
- SELECT PasswordHintQuestion,
- CAST(DecryptByCert(Cert_ID(cert_Demo),PasswordHintAnswer,
- Nmynewpassword!!!13E)
- as varchar(200)) PasswordHintAnswer
- FROM dbo.PWDQuestion WHERE CustomerID = 10
-

示例六、使用对称密钥对数据进行加密和解密 。
在前面的文章中,你已经看到打开用非对称密钥加密的对称密钥的演示,它分两个步骤,首先用OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY命令,然后是实际的DecryptByKey函数调用 。SQL Server也提供了能够将这两个步骤合二为一的额外的解密函数:DecryptByKeyAutoAsymKey(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms365420.aspx)和DecryptByKeyAutoCert(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182559.aspx)
- USE DB_Encrypt_Demo
- GO
-
-
-
-
- CREATE ASYMMETRIC KEY asymDemo_V2
- WITH ALGORITHM = RSA_512
-
- CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY sym_Demo_V2
- WITH ALGORITHM = TRIPLE_DES
- ENCRYPTION BY ASYMMETRIC KEY asymDemo_V2
-
- OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY sym_Demo_V2
- DECRYPTION BY ASYMMETRIC KEY asymDemo_V2
- INSERT dbo.PWDQuestion
- (CustomerID, PasswordHintQuestion, PasswordHintAnswer)
- VALUES
- (22, 您出生的医院名称?,
- EncryptByKey(Key_GUID(sym_Demo_V2), 邵逸夫医院))
- CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY sym_Demo_V2
-
此时,使用DecryptByKeyAutoAsymKey解密数据,只需要一个操作
- SELECT CAST(DecryptByKeyAutoAsymKey(ASYMKEY_ID(asymDemo_V2),NULL,
- PasswordHintAnswer) as varchar)
- FROM dbo.PWDQuestion
- WHERE CustomerID = 22
-

小结:
1、本文主要介绍证书的创建、删除、查看以及用它来修改加密方式、进行数据的加密和解密 。
2、证书加密和非对称密钥加密相对对称密钥加密更为消耗资源 。
下文将主要介绍SQL Server中最为令人鼓舞的透明数据加密(TDE)
原文链接:http://www.cnblogs.com/downmoon/archive/2011/03/15/1985471.html