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      8.3.3 Creating SSL and RSA Certificates and Keys
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       8.3.3.1 Creating SSL and RSA Certificates and Keys using MySQL
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       8.3.3.2 Creating SSL Certificates and Keys Using openssl
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       8.3.3.3 Creating RSA Keys Using openssl
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   The following discussion describes how to create the files
      required for SSL and RSA support in MySQL. File creation can be
      performed using facilities provided by MySQL itself, or by
      invoking the
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     openssl
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   command directly.
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   SSL certificate and key files enable MySQL to support encrypted
      connections using SSL. See
   <a class="xref" href="using-encrypted-connections.html" title="8.3.1 Configuring MySQL to Use Encrypted Connections">
    Section 8.3.1, “Configuring MySQL to Use Encrypted Connections”
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   RSA key files enable MySQL to support secure password exchange
      over unencrypted connections for accounts authenticated by the
   <code class="literal">
    sha256_password
   </code>
   (deprecated) or
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    caching_sha2_password
   </code>
   plugin. See
   <a class="xref" href="sha256-pluggable-authentication.html" title="8.4.1.3 SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication">
    Section 8.4.1.3, “SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication”
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   , and
   <a class="xref" href="caching-sha2-pluggable-authentication.html" title="8.4.1.2 Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication">
    Section 8.4.1.2, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”
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