Category Archives: Security

OurSQL Episode 200: Information Security and Privacy

For our 200th episode, we interview security expert Bruce Schneier. We talk about plenty of topics including airport security and the TSA, PRISM and the NSA, wholesale surveillance, surveillance backwards in time, finding people who have disposable cel… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 164: Who’s Doing What?

This week we talk about how to install and use the MariaDB Audit plugin, and what the audit log looks like. Ear Candy presents a gotcha with MySQL and temporary directories, and At the Movies is about using Dynamo for more than just a data store.
Event… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 100: The Ball Pit

This week we present part 2 of our interview with XKCD’s Randall Munroe, where we finish talking about data privacy and security, and talk about Randall’s real-life ball pit in his apartment, and his thoughts on fanny packs.
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OurSQL Episode 65: Security Blanket – The Missing Link

This week we have a big announcement about Sarah, 3 hosts and an extra special guest. We go on to talk about using SSL with MySQL. Ear Candy – a gotcha when mixing GRANT and SSL requirements, where what is semantically possible does not necessarily fol… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 61: Security Blankets, Part 2

We go over the open calls for papers, upcoming conferences, conversations with Oracle, and finish up our 2-part series on MySQL security.
Calls for papers:
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OurSQL Episode 59: Security Blankets, Part 1

This week, we talk about MySQL security.
News/Feedback
Collaborate Call for papers is open until Sunday October 14th – http://events.ioug.org/p/cm/ld/fid=15
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OurSQL Episode 55: MySQL Data Encryption

OSCon Data and OSCon videos
The Technocation youtube playlist, as of the time of this publishing has 18 videos, mostly from OSCon Data, is at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0AEC3980A198DA0
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