On 10/29/12 16:04, Magnus Johansson wrote: > Hi, > > > > On one of the sessions on the conference (nice to meet you all again) Vlad > revisited encryption. > > > > Does I remember correctly that it is index, blob and data pages that is > encrypted?
yes > And if so, does that also means that metadata is encrypted as well yes > so that > we don't have to set rdb$xxx_source to null anymore? > > that's not 1to1 related If in case when firebird DB engine has a key to decrypt database there can't be additional sessions with generic SQL access (i.e. only your task can work with database) - yes, there is no need to kill sources. If additional sessions are possible - sources can be accessed. I.e. it depends upon what crypt (and key store plugins) are used. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Windows 8 Center - In partnership with Sourceforge Your idea - your app - 30 days. Get started! http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ what-html-developers-need-to-know-about-coding-windows-8-metro-style-apps/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
