On 07/15/2015 11:34 AM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > As far as I recall we had this discussion last year (or two years ago). I > believe we settled on having legacy authentication enabled by default for > sake of ease of transition, especially as most connection libraries that do > not use fbclient.dll/libfbclient.so are not ready to use the new > authentication model.
To be precise - the solution taken that time was slightly another: > My feeling is that we should support click-through install on windows > with > SYSDBA/masterkey for alpha and beta. And that from RC1 we disable that > as a > default (but users can choose the option if they wish.) > > This plan should be clearly documented and we should listen to feedback. > > > > > On my mind ability to lower security level can't be available by > default. > > Please also take into an account that using legacy plugin to > > authenticate breaks wire encryption. > > That is another point that needs to be made clear - new security > allows wire > encryption. > > I know everything is more or less documented. I just have the feeling > that the > presentation needs to be improved so that (old) users can see at a glance > what has changed and why they should change their old ways. > > > Paul > -- > Paul Reeves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
