Hi Andrew and Richard,
The password and connection info is scrambled up. You can look, If
you want to check it out for your self look in the source code of
./mysql-3.23.XX/libmysql search for the following functions.
especially in 'mysql_real_connect' function. It is not the best
method, but it is not clear text!
void hash_password(ulong *result, const char *password)
void make_scrambled_password(char *to,const char *password)
char *scramble(char *to,const char *message,const char *password,
my_bool old_ver)
See ya
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Braithwaite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Richard Fox'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: RE: Encrypted MySQL passwords
> Hi,
>
> My understanding is that it sends it plain text, then mysql encodes
it
> server-side & does the match. There is client-server ssl planned
soon
> though...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2002 16:18
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Encrypted MySQL passwords
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am connecting to a mysql server on a remote machine, and opened
up port
> 3306 for this purpose. But, I am concerned about sending a clear
text
> password, via the mysql_pconnect() call. My question is, what is the
> procedure for connecting to a remote server with an encrypted
password? Or,
> does mysql_pconnect handle this? THX, RIch
>
> sql
>
>
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