Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] Crypto Extentions to Remote Protocol
Author Mark O'Donohue
Jim Starkey wrote:
> Carlos Guzmán Álvarez wrote:
>
>>
>>Just a minor question, If this is for the remote protocol
>>why not use SSL/TLS ??
>>
>>
>
> Bottom line, SSL is a viable alternative as long as somebody else wants
> to write the code.
>

A ssl layer over the current protocol is easy,

But we don't want to burden a trusted connection with encrypting all the
traffic - and just want to encrypt the few bits of sensitive data.


Cheers

Mark