FreeTDS Development Group

[Marc Abramowitz <msabramo AT gmail.com>]

I think I just found the problem. Two problems, actually, in my opinion.

```
marca@marca-mac:~/dev/git-repos/freetds$ ag TDS_STR_ENCRYPTION_REQUIRE
include/freetds/tds.h
507:#define TDS_STR_ENCRYPTION_REQUIRE "require"
marca@marca-mac:~/dev/git-repos/freetds$ ag 'means create and allow'
doc/userguide.sgml
1041:                                                        <entry>Specify
if encryption is desidered. Supported for Microsoft servers. <symbol>off</>
disables encryption (only if needed); <symbol>request</> means use if
available; <symbol>required</> means create and allow encrypted connections
only.</entry>
```

Note that the setting in freetds.conf is "require" and the documentation
says that it's "required" (with a "d" at the end). Oops.

If I specify "encryption = require" in freetds.conf, the connection IS
encrypted according to sys.dm_exec_connections

So the incorrect documentation of the encryption setting is the first
problem.

Merge request to correct the userguide:
https://gitorious.org/freetds/freetds/merge_requests/9

Unfortunately if you specify an illegal setting, FreeTDS logs an error, but
you might not notice it if you don't have TDSDUMP set.

```
marca@marca-mac:~/dev/git-repos/pymssql$ TDSDUMPCONFIG=stdout tsql -S vm -U
user -P password | grep UNRECOGNIZED
config.c:455:UNRECOGNIZED option value 'required'...ignoring.

marca@marca-mac:~/dev/git-repos/pymssql$ tsql -S vm -U user -P password
locale is "en_US.UTF-8"
locale charset is "UTF-8"
using default charset "UTF-8"
1>
```

This is the second problem. I think that this should be a fatal error since
it can lead people to think they're using encryption when they're not.

Merge request to make an invalid encryption setting a fatal error:
https://gitorious.org/freetds/freetds/merge_requests/10

With this, you get a fatal error for an incorrect encryption setting:

```
marca@marca-mac:~/dev/git-repos/pymssql$ tsql -S vm -U user -P password
config.c:456: UNRECOGNIZED option value 'required' for 'encryption' setting!
Valid settings are: ('off', 'request', 'require')
```

Marc
http://marc-abramowitz.com/