MariaDB bakes native encryption into 10.1RC - with some Google loving

MariaDB is beefing up security with the latest upgrade of the open source database, MariaDB 10.1, courtesy of encryption technology donated by Google. The upgrade can be downloaded today as a release candidate and general availability is slated for October. By migrating to 10.1, current MariaDB and MySQL users can natively and …

[Anonymous Coward]

Certainly the right direction. Anyone know how far this is from "safe to actually use"?

Also is the Google code embedded code or using live stuff from the Googlesphere?

[Anonymous Coward]

No idea, and I'd assume it's C++ as this is pure backend software. I don't care; I'm on 5.6, and eyeing Postgres.

Bigger question is, what's the point of encryption when the key is left in the lock?

[trickyearlobe]

The keys are managed by plugins.

The commercial EPERI plugin allows keys to be stored and managed on a separate system (and optionally the encryption can be run there too).

If you prefer to manage your keys some other way, you can write your own plugins.