14º FDD attendees locations
As always, the Brazilian Firebird Developers Day bring people from several states of Brazil. Some people are travelling thousands of km to be part of the biggest Firebird conference in the world!
Month: July 2017
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.