Firebird 2 is available for testing right now, even if it's not
production ready.

Vulcan addresses the question of rights crossing database boundaries
among other things. When reading the materials on future capabilities,
don't forget to read Jim Starkey's notes on Vulcan - not only do they
cover planned enhancements, they also cover weaknesses in the current
product from the point of view of the person most inside the engine.

On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 17:49 +0000, lance8086 wrote:
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@y...> wrote:
> > A quick visit to the FAQ, knowledge base or a search of this forum
> > would alert you to these restrictions. You are not uncovering
> anything
> > unknown.
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> Thanks. I figured as much.
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> > Here are some more:
> Read all that already. Most of it deals with physical security
> issues which exists on any platform.
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> I was just suprised at the lack of logical security in the database.
> I wasn't even trying and was able to wreck it. A non-dba user should
> not be able to destroy a db though a query.
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> > It is quite possible to create a secure environment using Firebird,
> > but you must go in using the Firebird mindset.
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> If so, I'd like to see an example that's not going to take a lot of
> time to set up and maintain.
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> > By the way, I do agree with you that FB security does lack features
> > available to other databases.
>
> It also lacks other features I would consider standard for a
> production dbms, like builtin transaction logging and recovery.
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> >I suggest you read the plans for Firebird 2 and 3 to see.
>
> Small consolation for today.
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> Firebird seems to be on the right track, but its not even close to
> there yet. Hopefully I'll be able to work around its current
> shortcomings.
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