Re: encryption/authentication

[Mark Matthews]

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John Jolet wrote:

> I need to find out if it's possible to do two things with mysql.
> The first is external authentication, preferably with kerberos5, but
PAM will work as well.

No.

> Second, encrypting the data stream.  Specifically with jdbc connections.

Yes, via SSL. See the README that comes with Connector/J, the JDBC
driver for MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/products/connector-j/).

	-Mark


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