Security of mysql_connect to remote server?

[kennethl]

Hello,

I'm working on a project in which it looks like I'll have to run PHP on one server, and use it to access a MySQL database on another.
Can anyone tell me about the security of doing this? Will my queries and returned data be going out over the net in the clear, or is there any sort of encryption applied to this stuff as it goes out?

Thanks.

[Bunkermaster]

default is dumb text that any packet sniffer will display (I think). Better ask mySQL peeps or RTFM 🙂

[Ph0eniX]

You can configure MySQL to use SSL. That way your connections will be encrypted.

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Secure_requirements.html