On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:40 +0000, Lucy wrote: > On 06/12/2007, Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I want to ask you opinion on this... > > > > I want to have a mysql asynchronous replication slave connected over the > > internet (through IP validating firewalls, not VPN). > > > > Is it secure to just use a normal mysql connection? Or is the data > > un-encrypted, and if so, how easy to sniff/intercept? > > > > I'm guessing that using an SSH tunnel (something i've never done before) > > is the best way to do this?? > > > > Any opinions/pointers? > > You can setup MySQL to use a secure connection without having to setup > your own SSH tunnel. See: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/secure-connections.html >
Thanks Lucy, but the problem is the slave is on managed server running mysql-server4... which doesn't support ssl (as far as i can tell). Hmm, Which raises a second query about whether replication between v4 and v5 even works...??? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
