SSL/TLS Improvements in MySQL 5.7.10
Secure communications is a core component of a robust security policy, and MySQL Server 5.7.10 – the first maintenance release of MySQL Server 5.7 – introduces needed improvements in this area....
View ArticlePractical P_S: Find Client JRE Version Using SQL
MySQL Connector/Java supports connection attributes since version 5.1.25. This projects useful metadata about the client environment into the database, where MySQL administrators can query...
View ArticleSecure Java Connections by Default
MySQL Connector/Java 5.1.38 was released earlier this week, and it includes a notable improvement related to secure connections. Here’s how the change log describes it: When connecting to a MySQL...
View ArticleWhich accounts can access this data?
Knowing which privileges a given account has is easy – just issue SHOW GRANTS FOR user@host. But what about when you need visibility into privileges from the other direction – which accounts can...
View ArticleLeaving MySQL
After nearly ten years working for MySQL, I’m pursuing a new opportunity to expand into new areas of open source data infrastructure as part of the excellent Cloudera support organization. I’ve been...
View ArticleQuestions about MariaDB’s bug system
MariaDB recently announced the migration of the JIRA bug tracking system from the current Atlassian-hosted instance to a self-hosted installation to be found at jira.mariadb.org. This likely isn’t a...
View ArticleSYS Schema: Simplified Access To SSL/TLS Details
A while back, I wrote a blog post explaining how PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA improvements in MySQL Server 5.7 provides new visibility into the SSL/TLS status of each running client configuration. An excellent...
View ArticleNew MySQL Online Training
Oracle University recently unveiled a new online training offering – the MySQL Learning Subscription. The combination of freely-accessible and compelling paid content makes this an exciting...
View ArticleRosetta Stone: MySQL, Pig and Spark (Basics)
In a world where new data processing languages appear every day, it can be helpful to have tutorials explaining language characteristics in detail from the ground up. This blog post is not such a...
View ArticleRequests for MariaDB
There has been a recent spate of blog posts and tweets regarding MaxScale binary downloads requiring acceptance of an Evaluation License that some in the community perceived to be onerous. MariaDB...
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