RE: [PHP] Secure Access to Remote MySQL DB

Greetings, I have seen hints at the SSL functionality in MySQL, but I have not been able to find any documentation on how exactly I am supposed to use it. Does this require special processing on the PHP end of things to activate an SSL connection to the database? Matt -----Original Message----- From: Mauricio T?llez Jim?nez [mailto:mtellez@speedy.coacade.uv.mx] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:03 PM To: Matthew Aznoe Cc: Php-General-Digest Subject: Re: [PHP] Secure Access to Remote MySQL DB CONTENT-DISPOSITION: INLINE I think that SSL is the more transparent choice. Cheers. On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:38:19AM -0600, Matthew Aznoe wrote: > Greetings, > > I am developing an application that will access a MySQL database remotely > from another server. I would like to be able to use a standard database > connection using the 3306 port if possible for ease of development, but I > certainly do not want to be sending unencrypted data between my application > and the database. > > Is there a way to encrypt the database transactions between PHP and a remote > MySQL database? > > Matt > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net