> I happen to have some time (and appitite) for this. Maybe Jim can mentor me
> (and whoever else is interested in joining) to tread in this water a little
> bit. But we wouldn't be able to go too far without the help of
> experienced Firebird/Interbase developers.

When we discussed Java plugin, a separate document was posted here (most
likely it is still in the "Documents" section of this list at Yahoo) and
there were a lot of critics of different aspects. Some were accepted,
others were not. But I think this is a good approach to start.

Developers you can find any time on the firebird-devel at
lists.sourceforge.net list.

> BTW, I've just seen "incremental development" in one of these posts - which
> I think is a wonderful idea - at least to start moving towards the right
> direction. We can start with minimal coding to get it up and running and
> then list when and how the current solution can be used to achieve data
> security. Then we can move on further - like enhance the interface, key
> management, etc...

I'd say, get the Firebird sources, learn the build system, create a
dummy plugin that will be loaded by the engine, then you can start
digging into the depths of Firebird.

Roman