AES with 256-bit keys in XTS mode, a cipher mode designed for encrypting stored data; vSphere VM encryption uses it for data encryption keys.
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Terms in this definition
- AES
Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, a symmetric cipher. With TDE, the RSA TDE protector wraps an AES-256 data encryption key.
- KEYS
Lists the column or columns that identify each target row uniquely in an AUTO CDC statement.
- vSphere
VMware's platform for virtualisation, made up of vCenter and ESX hosts, supplying compute for VCF clusters.
- Encryption
Scrambling data so it cannot be read without the correct secret key, which is then used to turn it back again. Hashing, by contrast, cannot be reversed.
Related terms
- vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption
ESX encrypts a VM's files and disks with a per-VM XTS-AES-256 data key, which a key encryption key from the key provider then wraps.