Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Connecting to encrypted databases

[Jiří Č. <ji...@ci...>]

> Binary  data  should be able to be represented with hexadecimal.  And,

Good point.

> We are looking at implementing our own encryption plugin, but still
> undecided how the key will be passed, since our application uses a mix
> of Delphi(IBDAC) and C#(EF6). Our initial thought is that it will have
> to be on the server with the database, since we can't find proper
> documentation on how to pass it from the client, even with the
> database management tools, although it is part of Firebird's
> architecture. It seems to be one area that third-party tools and

Look at op_crypt_key_callback.

> And, I'm hoping that I will have the time in the next few weeks to
> create a VSIX installer for DDEX, because the registry entries are not
> staying and I have to add them everytime that I need to add EF6 classes
> to  represent  tables.  Once created, it will surely be contributed to
> the project.

Great.

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