Surf
Surf is a database proxy that is capable of de-identifying PII and anonymizing sentive data fields. Supported databases include Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, CockroachDB, and Redshift.
Surf requires minimum configuration and you can start anonymizing your dataset immmediately.
Surf supports:
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SSL Connections - Surf proxies data between clients and servers through SSL connections if configured. However, CA verification is not supported yet.
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Prepared Statements - Besides simple queries, Surf also supports anonymizing the resultset of prepared statements.
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Multiple Connections - Surf is able to serve multiple connections at the same time. However, Surf is not a connection pooler.
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Query Aliases - Surf anonymizes the fields even though the column names have been aliased, e.g.
select last_name as lname from users
Surf runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Notice: Surf can be used as a PII gatekeeper for development, customer support and data analytics teams. Surf should not be used as a database connection pooler along the critical paths of your product.
