AIR 1.5 Cookbook Highlight – Encrypted SQLite Databases

Blog Series: The AIR 1.5 Cookbook contains many useful recipes. I want to take some time to highlight some of the useful (and cool) recipes that are included in the book.

One of the most significant new features in Adobe AIR 1.5 is the addition of the encrypted database. This allows you the ability to create applications that utilize structured sensitive information without worry that the sensitive information can be read or accessed outside of your application. Previously this was not possible in AIR (you could only store encrypted data in the Encrypted Local Store).

Chapter 10 of the AIR 1.5 Cookbook includes two different recipes dealing with the encrypted database support. The first recipe shows you how to create a unique and random key that will be used to secure your database. The second recipe shows you how to secure data with a user entered password (which also includes an example of how to re-encrypt a database if the user changes the password). Both of these recipes walk you through the entire process of creating and encrypting the database.

You can order your copy of the AIR 1.5 Cookbook from Amazon today (they will be shipping soon). You can also start to look for the book in your local bookstore over the next week.