Re: Does mysql_connect() perform password encryption?
| From: | Jason Wong | Date: | Sat, 11 May 2002 04:30:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Does mysql_connect() perform password encryption? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.db |
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On Saturday 11 May 2002 06:25, alex wrote:
> Hello, Gurus,
>
> Sorry for this type of question but I can't find this info
> neither in MySQL manual, nor in PHP docs.
>
> To my understanding, when I call mysql_connect() and
> provide password
> php interpreter does password encryption, then opens
> socket to remote
> mysqld daemon and sends "him" encrypted password over
> network.
> There it is compared with the same encrypted password
> stored in mysql.user table.
>
> Now two questions:
> 1. Am I right?
> 2. Where it is described?
In the manual (General Security Issues and the MySQL Access Privilege System)
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