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      32.4 MySQL Enterprise Audit Overview
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   MySQL Enterprise Edition includes MySQL Enterprise Audit, implemented using a server plugin.
      MySQL Enterprise Audit uses the open MySQL Audit API to enable standard,
      policy-based monitoring and logging of connection and query
      activity executed on specific MySQL servers. Designed to meet the
      Oracle audit specification, MySQL Enterprise Audit provides an out of box, easy
      to use auditing and compliance solution for applications that are
      governed by both internal and external regulatory guidelines.
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   When installed, the audit plugin enables MySQL Server to produce a
      log file containing an audit record of server activity. The log
      contents include when clients connect and disconnect, and what
      actions they perform while connected, such as which databases and
      tables they access.
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   For more information, see
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    Section 8.4.5, “MySQL Enterprise Audit”
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