On 09/09/2015 01:54 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > Looking through the code in interface.cpp, there seem to be two new > authentication mechanisms in Firebird 3, one in the op_connect (with > CNCT_specific_data), and again one in op_attach with the DPB; they use > the same or similar data, but two different ways of using. > > Why is this? Wouldn't it have been simpler to implement only one > authentication mechanism (besides the classic mechanism) and stick with > that? > > Mark
FB3 supports use of multiple authentication plugins. It may happen (when no encryption is used) that first one works at connect stage, next starts at attach stage and later follows exchange with auth data until authentication success (or failure). This saves roundtrips when attaching. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
