Re: [Firebird-devel] Crashing Firebird 2.1.7 by client not reading data from connection

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 26-1-2016 20:08, Vlad Khorsun wrote: > 26.01.2016 20:50, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >> On 23-1-2016 13:16, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: >>> 23.01.2016 12:54, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >>> I have not received any response to the e-mail below. Does this mean my concern is deemed unimportant? >>> >>> We

Re: [Firebird-devel] Crashing Firebird 2.1.7 by client not reading data from connection

2016-01-26 Thread Vlad Khorsun
26.01.2016 20:50, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On 23-1-2016 13:16, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: >> 23.01.2016 12:54, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >> >>> I have not received any response to the e-mail below. Does this mean my >>> concern is deemed unimportant? >> >> We may fix it in the B2_1 branch, but we won't be re

Re: [Firebird-devel] Crashing Firebird 2.1.7 by client not reading data from connection

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 23-1-2016 13:16, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 23.01.2016 12:54, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > >> I have not received any response to the e-mail below. Does this mean my >> concern is deemed unimportant? > > We may fix it in the B2_1 branch, but we won't be releasing the new > binaries. Should I create a t

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 26-1-2016 18:52, Leyne, Sean wrote: > >> The main reason it was not done are usage patterns. -F switch is needed in 2 >> cases: >> - After restoring backup of database using non-nbackup tools (i.e. >> someone does: alter database begin backup; copies db-file using some non- >> firebird tools; al

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Leyne, Sean
> The main reason it was not done are usage patterns. -F switch is needed in 2 > cases: > - After restoring backup of database using non-nbackup tools (i.e. > someone does: alter database begin backup; copies db-file using some non- > firebird tools; alter database end backup) and after is wants t

[Firebird-devel] [FB-Tracker] Created: (CORE-5086) Simple query very slow on table with blob sub_type 0

2016-01-26 Thread Corey Marques (JIRA)
Simple query very slow on table with blob sub_type 0 Key: CORE-5086 URL: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5086 Project: Firebird Core Issue Type: Bug Components: Engine

Re: [Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread Jim Starkey
OK, safe primes are "better" than ordinary primes in theory. But as I said, in practice, the strength of the authentication is based on the two random numbers, which are not exchanged. Any weakness of the price, group, or generator is of use for breaking the verifier, not the authentication o

Re: [Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:35:53 -0500, James Starkey wrote: > Is there any reasons to believe there are unsafe SRP primes? http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5054: The group parameters (N, g) sent in this message MUST have N as a safe prime (a prime of the form N=2q+1, where q is also prime). Th

Re: [Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 04:35 PM, James Starkey wrote: > Is there any reasons to believe there are unsafe SRP primes? > > The magnitude of the prime is a consideration when trying to break a > verifier, but the security of the handshake is more dependent on the > quality of the session specific random number

Re: [Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread James Starkey
Is there any reasons to believe there are unsafe SRP primes? The magnitude of the prime is a consideration when trying to break a verifier, but the security of the handshake is more dependent on the quality of the session specific random numbers generated in each side of a connection. In any case

Re: [Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 04:10 PM, Jiří Činčura wrote: > Hi *, > > looking at > https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/core/blob/master/src/auth/SecureRemotePassword/srp.cpp#L14 > and wondering how was this number selected? Is it a safe prime number > for SRP? Some might not be. Just wondering. > src/auth/SecureRemo

[Firebird-devel] SRP numbers

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
Hi *, looking at https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/core/blob/master/src/auth/SecureRemotePassword/srp.cpp#L14 and wondering how was this number selected? Is it a safe prime number for SRP? Some might not be. Just wondering. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist ---

[Firebird-devel] [FB-Tracker] Created: (CORE-5085) Allow to fixup (nbackup) database via Services API

2016-01-26 Thread Jiri Cincura (JIRA)
Allow to fixup (nbackup) database via Services API -- Key: CORE-5085 URL: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5085 Project: Firebird Core Issue Type: Improvement Components: AP

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
> If you think we need it we may add such service in FB4. OK, added as CORE-5085. I've used "Minor" priority. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 03:25 PM, Jiří Činčura wrote: >> restore that copy. But this anyway requires access to server console, >> i.e. command line nbackup can be used. > Agreed. The "problem" is that you need to call the executable. Which > opens a lot of potential failures and problems to handle - like loc

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
> restore that copy. But this anyway requires access to server console, > i.e. command line nbackup can be used. Agreed. The "problem" is that you need to call the executable. Which opens a lot of potential failures and problems to handle - like locating the executable etc. With API it's easier t

[Firebird-devel] [FB-Tracker] Created: (CORE-5084) Database-level trigger (at least on CONNECT and DISCONNECT events) does not fire on SuperServer (and ONLY on that arch.) and connection is made via E

2016-01-26 Thread Pavel Zotov (JIRA)
Database-level trigger (at least on CONNECT and DISCONNECT events) does not fire on SuperServer (and ONLY on that arch.) and connection is made via ES/EDS ---

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 01:57 PM, Jiří Činčura wrote: >> No. > So the only option left is modify the file manually? Which of course > only works if the file is accessible for .NET provider. > > Is it worth adding it to tracker or is it something CORE is not going to > do? > Adding nbackup -F to services is

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
>IIRC, nbackup can be called via services. Does it include -F? That's what I'd like to have. But it looks like it doesn't. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 01:58 PM, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > 26.01.2016 11:17, Alex Peshkoff wrote: >> On 01/26/2016 01:11 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:42:41 +0100, Jiří Činčura wrote: Hi *, is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running)

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov
26.01.2016 11:17, Alex Peshkoff wrote: > On 01/26/2016 01:11 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:42:41 +0100, Jiří Činčura wrote: >>> Hi *, >>> >>> is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running) >>> server? Something that I could call from .NET provider to

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
> No. So the only option left is modify the file manually? Which of course only works if the file is accessible for .NET provider. Is it worth adding it to tracker or is it something CORE is not going to do? -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist ---

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 01:11 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:42:41 +0100, Jiří Činčura wrote: >> Hi *, >> >> is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running) >> server? Something that I could call from .NET provider to offer this to >> customers. > As far as I can

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:42:41 +0100, Jiří Činčura wrote: > Hi *, > > is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running) > server? Something that I could call from .NET provider to offer this to > customers. As far as I can tell from the NBackup documentation, nbackup -F works

Re: [Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 01/26/2016 11:42 AM, Jiří Činčura wrote: > Hi *, > > is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running) > server? Something that I could call from .NET provider to offer this to > customers. > No. ---

[Firebird-devel] nbackup -F without nbackup binary

2016-01-26 Thread Jiří Činčura
Hi *, is there a way to execute same stuff as `nbackup -F` i.e. via (running) server? Something that I could call from .NET provider to offer this to customers. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist -- Site24x