Restricting access to local databases
When you enable encryption for a local database, IBM® Notes® encrypts the database using your public key from your User ID. You are the only one who can then decrypt the database because you have the corresponding private key in your User ID. Nobody else's User ID can open the database.
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Note: If you use a disk compression utility,
databases using medium or strong encryption will not use significantly
less disk space.
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To specify default local database encryption settings
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Perform the following steps to specify the default encryption setting for new local databases. You can change the setting for a specific database.
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To encrypt existing local databases
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Note: You may need to compact the database in
order to fully remove the previous encryption settings.