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Encryption Issues

This section describes problems related to encryption.

Having trouble encrypting numeric data with RC2 encryption

Siebel Systems does not support RC2 encryption for numeric data. To encrypt a calculated numeric field, map the field to a string field, and then set the encryption property of the string field to true.

The get-value and set-value methods for the calculated field will take care of the conversion between numeric data and string data. As long as the business component uses the calculated field, encryption and decryption is transparent to the application. The only limitation for this workaround is that sorting and direct queries cannot be performed on a calculated field.


 Security Guide for Siebel eBusiness Applications 
 Published: 23 June 2003