Craig Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

MySQL protocol is a binary protocol. Still it's not encrypted and 
data could be sniffed. 

Use MySQL-Max and SSL connections to encrypt data in protocol.

> I'm wondering how mysql actually sends its data to a mysql client? Is it 
> binary data or plain text or encrypted with some general function? When 
> I use ethereal to capture the packets all I can see is anything but 
> plain text.



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