COBOL language in Firebird SQL Pre-processor is now enabled on debian/ubuntu
This feature was requested on ubuntu bug tracker and now fix is released in firebird2.0 for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
Category: Worth Reading
Content not direct related to FB, but interesting reading.
Firebird Experts Forum – fastest forum i have ever seen is powered by firebird
The forum here is created using the phpBB Software, available on phpbb.com. It is a great and free Open Source Solution and since version 3, it has full support for firebird. This installation uses apache 2.0, phpBB 3.01, php 5.21 and firebird 2.1 on windows 2003 server.
Data load speed test , Mysql vs Firebird
Firebird ports for Intanium and hppa to be released soon
If you watch the debian building logs for different architectures then there are a few ones left to be done , Itanium , Hppa and Alpha (dead one)
http://buildd.debian.org/build.cgi?pkg=firebird2.0
and seem that this will be solved very soon
remember to upgrade to firebird 2.0.4 or firebird2.1
Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
firebird2.0 security bug is now fixed in debian/gentoo
There is an grave security bug in firebird package 2.0 from debian and ubuntu
where an user can connect to the server with SYSDBA and NO password
The bug is now fixed in debian sid (unstable)
http://packages.debian.org/sid/firebird2.0-super
and here is the changelog
firebird2.0-super.init: stop exporting ISC_USER and ISC_PASSWORD.
Fixes a hole causing remote connections as user SYSDBA to succeed
without giving a password.
Closes: #481389 and CVE-2008-1880
Firebird security bug fixed in gentoo linux
Firebird allows remote connections to the administrative account without verifying credentials.
CodeGear sold to Embarcadero
Today was announced that Embarcadero is buying CodeGear (Borland division responsible for programming tools, including Delphi and InterBase).
Performance improvement by using firebird client from cvs head
He doubled his performance by just switching the firebird client :
We’ve just built and tested ‘libfbclient.so’ from the head branch and tested
it against the release version 2.0.3. In other words, we only switched out
the client library, and left the database server itself intact at version
2.0.3.
Integrated auth in Firebird 2.1
Just a quick sample of integrated windows auth in Firebird 2.1