Re: [Firebird-devel] crypt plugins

[Milan B. <mi...@km...>]

Alex Peshkov wrote:
> It seems to me that I've described them in my letter - we can't prevent 
> stealing hashes of passwords (at least for CS on posix). Current hashes 
> may be relatively easy brutforced on a modern CPUs. Therefore let's try 
> to make them hard to brutforce. The best way is to let people use that 
> hashes they trust. Therefore - crypt plugins.

Has anyone considered using LDAP for authentication (as an alternative)? 
Firebird would only need to hook up to LDAP and use it's mechanism for 
storing/checking passwords. It would enable easier administration (for 
users) and leave the password issue to the tool that is specialized for it.

Just my $0.02.

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