MySQL Security – Dual Password Support

May 19, 2020

Dual-password capability makes it possible to seamlessly perform credential changes without downtime.

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MySQL Security – Failed-Login Tracking and Temporary Account Locking

May 12, 2020

DBA can configure user accounts such that too many consecutive login failures cause temporary account locking.

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MySQL Security – Password Verification-Required Policy

May 5, 2020

MySQL 8.0 has introduced an optional behavior that authorize users to change their password only if they could provide the current password.

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MySQL Security – Password Reuse Policy

April 28, 2020

MySQL provides password-reuse capability, which allows database administrators to determine the number of unique passwords a user must use before they can use an old password again.

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MySQL Security – Password Expiration Policy

April 21, 2020

MySQL provides password-expiration capability, which enables database administrators to require that users reset their password.

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MySQL Security – Random Password Generation

April 15, 2020

MySQL has the capability of generating random passwords for user accounts, as an alternative to requiring explicit administrator-specified literal passwords.

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MySQL Security – MySQL Enterprise Data Masking and De-Identification

March 19, 2019

MySQL Enterprise Data Masking and De-Identification hides sensitive information by replacing real values with substitutes in order to protect sensitive data while they are still look real and consistent.

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