I have a few questions about the parameters for SslOption/mysql_ssl_set ( C++/C ) and about SSL in general between the server and the client. I do understand what a certificate, a private key, and a public key is in general but I am having trouble understandng how they work in MySql.
1) Are the first three parameters just the file name portions of the full file specifications for the private key, public key, and certificate respectively ? The documentation suggets that they can be file paths, but then the fourth parameter would seem redundant. 2) Is the fourth parameter the file path for all of the first three file names ? If this is so and the path is the current directory, can this be 0 ? 3) What determines a valid cipher name, and where is that specified in MySql SSL in general ? Is there a way to say that all ciphers are valid with this parameter ? When SSL goes between the client and the server, using the same certificate authority certificate, is there one set of public-private keys where the server's private key is the client's public key and the server's public key is the client's private key ? Or are there actually two distinct sets of public-private keys, one each for the client and the server ? The former seems logically correct but maybe I am missing something about how this works in SSL. If someone can explain this to me it would be appreciated. The MySql manual does not explain it. In general the documentation for MySql SSL in section 5.5.7 of the MySql manual is pretty abysmal, which makes me think that either no one ever uses SSL in MySql, MySql is an inadequate database for SSL, or that no one cares to actually explain how SSL works under MySql. I am hoping that someone know how this works from the programming point of view and can explain it adequately to me or actually point me to documentation/examples which does explain it. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
