On Jun 2, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Volker Mische <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just got a question whether it is possible on Android to have a central > Couchbase Lite instance that holds the data and then independent apps that > access it. For example with using the Android LiteServ (having access through > HTTP would be good enough). What's the advantage of doing it this way, as opposed to each app using its own embedded CBL? (That's not a rhetorical question; I know there can be advantages for certain use cases. For example, to share a very large database without duplication, or to let apps operate on shared data.) CBL isn't intended to be a server and I'm a little bit wary of it being used as one, mostly for security reasons. I don't know if the listener implementation on Android supports passwords, for example. And it needs to be careful to avoid binding to network interfaces other than loopback (127.0.0.1) or it'll be reachable from other devices on the network, which greatly increases the attack surface. --Jens -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Couchbase Mobile" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/4D86C420-47F7-4AD5-9F03-D681249E67C5%40couchbase.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
