# Encrypting data at rest

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypting-data-at-rest/23693>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** explanation\
**Created:** [January 5, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypting-data-at-rest/23693 "2015-01-05T22:13:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypting-data-at-rest/23693/3 "2015-01-05T23:20:29Z")

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Option #3 there, to [enable Postgres encryption](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/encryption-options.html), is also a good possibility. But doesn’t cover uploads, images, or attachments of course.. only things stored in the database, which is _most_ stuff in Discourse.

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