Security

Email Spoofing

Have you ever had this unhealthy sensation of being accused of facts that do not concern you? To feel helpless in the face of an accusing mail, which, because of its imperative and accusing tone,(…)

MySQL 8 and Security – Encryption of binary logs

As I discussed in some of my recent talks at conferences (at the DOAG for example), MySQL 8 came out with new features which bring lots of improvements in terms of security.

Password Verification Policy in MySQL 8.0.13

The new release 8.0.13 for MySQL is available since last week. Concerning security, this comes with a new feature already announced: the Password Verification Policy. Let's have a look...

MySQL 8.0 – Roles are finally there

Roles have been existing on many RDBMS for a long time by now. Starting from version 8.0, this functionality is finally there for MySQL. The most important advantage is to define only once a role that includes a “set(…)