[ale] [OT] securing sensitive data

[phasefx at magusaptus.com (Jason Etheridge)]

> My third quandry is, if I store all the data encrypted, searching will 
> be
> an absolute nightmare.  Encrypting and decrypting will be expensive,
> and when I say "linux server" I mean a discared PII400 with 512Mb RAM
> at absolute best.

You could take md5 sums of the data and index/search those.  Decrypt 
and double-check on a hit just to make sure there's not a collision.

-- Jason