What encryption does MariaDB use?

MariaDB got Data-at-Rest Encryption with MariaDB 10.1. This functionality is also known as “Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)”. This assumes that encryption keys are stored on another system. Using encryption has an overhead of roughly 3-5%.

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Is MariaDB encrypted by default?

MariaDB does not, by default, use encryption during data transmission over the network from server to client. However, using the default setup could provoke a potential hacker to eavesdrop on an unsecured / unencrypted channel.

How do I encrypt my MariaDB database?

To encrypt the data in a MariaDB 10.1 database, you can enable data-at-rest encryption. MariaDB allows the option to select the most suitable level of the encryption in MariaDB: Temporary files, Aria tables, InnoDB tablespaces, InnoDB tables, InnoDB log files and Binlogs.

Does MariaDB support TDE?

MariaDB supports TDE and provides a variety of options for implementing it. This blog discusses implementing TDE at the database layer using MariaDB’s File Key Management Encryption Plugin.

Is MariaDB replacing MySQL?

MariaDB 10.0 and MariaDB 10.1 function as limited drop-in replacements for MySQL 5.6, as far as InnoDB is concerned. However, there are some implementation differences in some features. MariaDB 5.5 functions as a drop-in replacement for MySQL 5.5.

Is MariaDB free?

MariaDB is a community-developed, commercially supported fork of the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. Development is led by some of the original developers of MySQL, who forked it due to concerns over its …

How do I encrypt a MariaDB key?

The only algorithm that MariaDB currently supports to encrypt the key file is Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) . The encryption key size can be 128-bits, 192-bits, or 256-bits. The encryption key is created from the SHA-1 hash of the encryption password.

Does MariaDB support table and tablespace encryption?

See Table and tablespace encryption on MariaDB 10.1 For the moment, the only engines that fully support encryption are XtraDB and InnoDB. The Aria storage engine also supports encryption, but only for temporary tables. MariaDB supports 2 different way to encrypt data in InnoDB/XtraDB:

What is the use of key management in MariaDB?

This key management is responsible for encryption key as well as actual encryption and decryption data. MariaDB supports the multiple key encryption method. a 32 bit integer identifier is used to each encryption key then the plugin is rotated after that encryption key is also rotated.