Re: secure connectin to mysql

> How secure is the php>mysql database connection? > Does it use SSL or is it transmitted in the clear? It does not use SSL, almost for sure. I'm not 100% sure about MySQL, but if you use PostgreSQL, and it's on localhost, you can restrict connections to use Un*x sockets rather than TCP/IP. This means that the data is all handled by internal RAM structures on your box -- If a hacker can read that, you have bigger problems than your databasea security. If MySQL can do the same, you're all set. If not, you could probably add a second network card, and route all PHP->MySQL traffic through that somehow. For sure you can do this if you are using two machines. Note that the username/password to actually connect to the database is on your web-server, so there is only so much you can do to keep your database content secure...