I am planning on setting up a currently running server to allow SSL
connections. Since there are currently non-ssl connections being made,
if I setup the server with SSL, will I still be able to connect
without SSL? This is important as I try to modify the PHP connection
scripts and test everything out. If something goes wrong, I want to be
able to go back and look at it without needing to panic.

> I am planning on setting up a currently running server to allow SSL
> connections. Since there are currently non-ssl connections being made,
> if I setup the server with SSL, will I still be able to connect
> without SSL? This is important as I try to modify the PHP connection
> scripts and test everything out. If something goes wrong, I want to be
> able to go back and look at it without needing to panic.

If you are running Linux, you can use "localhost" to use a socket file
instead of a network.

If I look at the GRANT syntax, it appears that you can also force the
use of SSL per user.

Best regards,
--
Willem Bogaerts

Application smith
Kratz B.V.
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