* Alexandre Aguiar
> On 14 Nov 2002 Fraser Stuart shaped the electrons to write something
> about [Mysql & Encryption]
>
> > We are about to embark on a project that requires data encryption -
> > mainly to stop sensitive information being viewed accidentally (ie
>
> Isn�t it possible to tunnel MySQL connections through ssl?

Yes, but how would that prevent users from viewing the content of the
tables? The sentence you cut off continues like this: "(ie viewing tables
directly through odbc connections or standard mysql clients)."

Encrypting the client/server communication will not help.

What's wrong with using GRANT?

--
Roger
sql


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