DB design document

[Steve Greenland]

On 13-Dec-00, 18:50 (CST), Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> wrote: 
> Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> writes:
> 
> > WRT to over the wire encryption, I'd suggest looking into ssh port
> > tunneling. That would let those who need it use something that is well
> > tested and maintained, and those who don't ignore it completely. In
> > either case, no need to deal with it in gnucash (or the db library).
> 
> Bad Idea.  We want to assure that encryption is happening.  We don't
> want to depend upon user's setting this up properly.  I'd much rather
> see us incorporate SSL/TLS, or something like it, directly in our
> system.  Another reason to not use SSH: the database admin may not
> want to create login accounts for all GnuCash users.

I don't think you can't use OpenSSL - tbe license is not compatible with
the GPL. Whether distribution is actually a violation of the GPL depends
where you fall on the dynamic linking question.

Steve

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