On 11/04/13 13:11, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:25:56 +0400, Alex <peshk...@mail.ru> wrote:
>> On 11/03/2013 07:09 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>>> On 3-11-2013 16:05, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>>>> I am not sure if this behavior is desirable or correct. Based on the
>>>> documentation ("Enabled behavior depends another side requirements. If
>>>> both sides set to enabled, connection is encrypted") I'd say that
>>>> setting it to Enabled should have been sufficient. The current wire
>>>> protocol implementation of Jaybird does not support encryption. I'd
>>>> expect not having encryption support would in itself imply 'Disabled'
>>>> for the client and if the server then is configured for 'Enabled' then
>>>> no encryption should be required (as implied by the documentation).
>>> Also I'd expect that having legacy_auth enabled for AuthServer in
> itself
>>> would also imply that encryption is not required.
>> No. User must _explicitly_ set lower security level himself. Or we will
>> be very soon asked: why with Required by default encryption and no my
>> changes regarding it I have an unencrypted connection?
> Then at least this needs to be explicitly documented near AuthServer *and*
> WireCrypt, and I'd suggest that the installer sets WireCrypt to Enabled
> (instead of Required) when legacy authentication is enabled in the
> installer.
>

Agreed with both.


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