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5.9.7 Using Secure Connections
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* secure-basics Basic SSL Concepts
* secure-using-openssl Using SSL Connections with OpenSSL
* secure-using-yassl Using SSL Connections with yaSSL
* secure-create-certs Setting Up SSL Certificates for MySQL
* ssl-options SSL Command Options
* windows-and-ssh Connecting to MySQL Remotely from Windows with SSH
MySQL supports secure (encrypted) connections between MySQL clients and
the server using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. This section
discusses how to use SSL connections. It also describes a way to set up
SSH on Windows. For information on requiring users to use SSL
connections, see grant.
The standard configuration of MySQL is intended to be as fast as
possible, so encrypted connections are not used by default. Doing so
would make the client/server protocol much slower. Encrypting data is
a CPU-intensive operation that requires the computer to do additional
work and can delay other MySQL tasks. For applications that require
the security provided by encrypted connections, the extra computation
is warranted.
MySQL allows encryption to be enabled on a per-connection basis. You
can choose a normal unencrypted connection or a secure encrypted SSL
connection according the requirements of individual applications.
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