Verifies if the current database connection is using wire encryption (requires native driver).
AI agents call verify-wire-encryption to retrieve information from Mcp Firebird without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a security audit check on connection properties—it reads and reports the encryption status of the wire protocol. It has no side effects, creates no data, executes no queries, and makes no changes. It is purely informational, falling squarely into the Read category. Severity is low because discovering encryption status has minimal blast radius; an AI agent cannot cause harm by querying this setting.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'verify-wire-encryption' and described as 'Verifies if the current database connection is using wire encryption'.
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Verifies if the current database connection is using wire encryption (requires native driver). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Firebird MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Firebird MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for verify-wire-encryption: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Firebird. Nothing to install.
verify-wire-encryption is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the verify-wire-encryption rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for verify-wire-encryption. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
verify-wire-encryption is provided by the Mcp Firebird MCP server (mcp-firebird). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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