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When should I use MySQL's encryption functions
Posted by: Chris Sinclair
Date: September 08, 2006 06:39AM

I was looking at MySQL's encryption functions and I came up with a question I haven't been able to answer:

If I have a choice, when should I use server side encryption rather than client side?

I can't figure out a scenario where, if I can use encryption on the client and then simply store the encrypted data, I should actually send the data in the clear (using SSL or similar) and have MySQL perform the encryption.

I expect I'm missing something obvious, but I would still like to know.

Chris...

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