Getting closer to the “v1” with external procedures in Firebird in .NET ( FbNetExternalEngine)
Jiří Činčura is getting closer to Version 1 for Firebird External engine written in C# 7
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Firebird related news
Firebird inside Firebird in DotNet External Engine (FbNetExternalEngine)
You can load any .NET code in FbNetExternalEngine also as Proof Of Concept you can also
load Firebird Embedded inside that in server (Firebird inside Firebird in DotNet External Engine).
Changing the HASH function (Firebird CORE-4436)
There is an interesting discussion on firebird-devel about changing the hash function in Firebird (related to CORE-4436)
Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX Beta
A beta version of a 64bit Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX is now available as a download
http://www.ibphoenix.com/download/firebird/30
for those of you who might be interested in trying it.
Fighting Petya: our experience with retrieving data from the Firebird database files encrypted by ransomware crypto-viruses
As you know, recently several crypto viruses have attacked many companies – most well-known are Wannacry and Petya. Usually, as reported by many companies, it is necessary to pay a ransom, or, in the case of Petya, all encrypted files will be lost.
Read how we can defeat Petya:
https://ib-aid.com/en/articles/fighting-petya-our-experience-with-retrieving-data-from-the-firebird-database-files-encrypted-by-ransomware-crypto-viruses/
Documentation Funding 2017 Reached 3000$ of the 5000$ Goal
Documentation Funding 2017 Reached more than 3000$ of the 5000$ Goal , We need more help to reach the target https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/doc-funding-2017/
Funding Goal
We have a beta version of an installable 64bit Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX
We have a beta version of an installable 64bit Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX. It runs by default as SuperServer currently (as it should) with no simple way to switch to Classic/SuperClassic (yet). If any one wants a copy to download, install and test – please send Paul Beach an email.
PHP 7.1.7 Released
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.7. This is a security release with several bug fixes included. All PHP 7.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
Firebird support for Decfloat will be enabled in Firebird 4.0
Firebird support for Decfloat will be enabled in Firebird 4.0 (Can be tested with latest snapshots)
Decfloat is a new SQL:2016 standard type introduced by IBM in DB2
[WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading
Here is the Warning from Debian Developers :
This warning advisory is relevant for users of systems with the Intel
processors code-named “Skylake” and “Kaby Lake”. These are: the 6th and
7th generation Intel Core processors (desktop, embedded, mobile and
HEDT), their related server processors (such as Xeon v5 and Xeon v6), as
well as select Intel Pentium processor models.TL;DR: unfixed Skylake and Kaby Lake processors could, in some
situations, dangerously misbehave when hyper-threading is enabled.
Disable hyper-threading immediately in BIOS/UEFI to work around the
problem. Read this advisory for instructions about an Intel-provided
fix.
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