Encrypting termbases
When you encrypt a termbase, the format of the data is changed from plain text to an encrypted form.
About this task
MultiTerm can read the encrypted text and displays termbase data as plain text in the Terms view. This means that encryption does not affect users.
However, before you encrypt a termbase, you need to think about the following:
- Encrypted termbases cannot be reverted to plain text format.
- Data exported from an encrypted termbase cannot be used in other applications.
- An administrator would no longer be able to make SQL queries on the termbase outside MultiTerm as the termbase would no longer be in a plain text format.
Procedure
- Open the Termbase Management view.
- Go to from the Ribbon.
- Select Encrypt Entries.
- Select an Expiry date if you want the termbase to be unreadable after a certain time.
- Select OK.