Secure Java Application Database

Question

I'm looking to build an application for managing finances. It will be storing bank transactions, so the data file has to be secure. I'm comfortable with SQL and JDBC, although the solution by no means has to be JDBC. I'm looking for an embedded solution as I want the data files to be portable.

I've tried using TrueZip (http://truezip.java.net/) to create a ZIP container, then various database APIs to manage the data inside. I've tried:

• sqlite4java (http://code.google.com/p/sqlite4java/)
• SQLiteJDBC ( http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/ )
• xBaseJ ( http://xbasej.sourceforge.net/ )

Maybe there's something simpler, an embedded DB with built in security. (That would be the best!) I'm not opposed to writing my own secure DB, but if there's something out there that's tested and works, I'm in!

Thanks for looking at my question.

Answer 1

First of all all big DBMS have integrated authentication mechanisms and security.
So why not use that?
If your problem is that you want some free embedded database then check out H2
It is java-oriented and it offers encryption