At 09:31 p.m. 8/12/2014, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 07:48:21 +1300, Helen Borrie <[email protected]> >wrote: >> The release notes in your Fb3 download kit are missing the Compatibility >> chapter (Ch. 12), which explains what you need to do. >> >> Please download the newest build of the release notes from here: >> >> >http://web.firebirdsql.org/download/prerelease/rlsnotes/Firebird-3.0.0_Beta1-ReleaseNotes.pdf > >Hi Helen, > >Chapter 12 says: > >"An effective password, using the default user manager Srp, can be up to >20 characters. If you have already configured the server to use legacy >authentication (see below >), or you intend to do so, then only the first 8 characters of any >password, including that of the SYSDBA, will be read." > >As I remarked before this isn't true, the password is effectively >unlimited, or at least substantially longer than 20 characters (I have >tested it upto a 100+ characters). Please don't confuse the size of the >resulting hash with the allowed size of the password.
It is true that passwords can be much longer (although not "unlimited"). I think Alex mentioned 256 characters, or thereabouts. I'm not confusing it. In Firebird 3 currently, i.e., Beta 1, SRP is the one available user manager other than legacy. An EFFECTIVE password with SRP is 20 characters or less, due to the hash algorithm. That's it. Legacy authentication still does not read passwords past the eighth character.....or have I missed something? Helen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
