How To Set Up MySQL Database Replication With SSL Encryption On
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This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL
using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for
hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master
and slave). MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a
database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates
to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the
database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync. This is
not a backup policy because an accidentally issued DELETE command will
also be carried out on the slave; but replication can help protect
against hardware failures though.

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