On Wednesday 30 October 2002 4:45 pm, Macdonald-Wallace, Matthew J 
wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm (still) working on creating my own CMS, and would like to ask a
> question that I should have thought about had I planned my code
> properly!
>
>
> I'm authenticating users and currently using the PASSWORD() function
> of MySQL, however I realise that this is still transmitting the
> password in plain text and therefore can be hacked.
>
> Is there a way of encrypting the information BEFORE it is send to the
> server?

Personally, I use Stunnel (www.stunnel.org) to SSL-encrypt all MySQL.  I 
think the latest versions of MySQL are starting to natively support 
SSL-secured communications too.

Dave


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