Information on the SSL connection vulnerability of MySQL and MariaDB
Last week, a SSL connection security vulnerability was reported for MySQL and MariaDB. The vulnerability states that since MariaDB and MySQL do not enforce SSL when SSL support is enabled, it’s...
View ArticleFortran and MariaDB
Introduction Fortran (FORmula TRANslating System) is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. History of FORTRAN can...
View ArticleMariaDB: InnoDB foreign key constraint errors
Introduction A foreign key is a field (or collection of fields) in one table that uniquely identifies a row of another table. The table containing the foreign key is called the child table, and the...
View ArticleMariaDB Connector/J failover support – case Amazon Aurora
MariaDB Connector/J has evolved a lot during the year. In this post I will talk about the failover capabilities in the connector and give some guidance on how to use them in some certain cases. One...
View ArticleInnoDB holepunch compression vs the filesystem in MariaDB 10.1
InnoDB holepunch experiments After excellent blogs by Mark Callaghan (see links below), I decided to use some of my time to experiment how different filesystems behave if the holepunch feature is used...
View ArticleMariaDB Talks at Percona Live Data Performance Conference 2016
The Percona Live Data Performance Conference 2016 isn’t until 18-21 April 2016, but community voting is now open. So if you’re going, and want to see lots of MariaDB talks, please click on the buttons...
View ArticleThe State of SSL in MariaDB
Usually when one says “SSL” or “TLS” it means not a specific protocol but a family of protocols. Wikipedia article has the details, but in short — SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 are deprecated and should not be...
View ArticleDebian 9 released with MariaDB as the only MySQL variant
The Debian project has today announced their 9th release, code named “Stretch”. This is a big milestone for MariaDB, because the release team decided to ship and support only one MySQL variant in this...
View ArticleMy first week, Looking Forward
First of all, thank you for your warm words of welcome – coming from so many people across different media, I think this is a very positive sign for working with the organisations and individuals...
View ArticleRunning MariaDB in a Docker container
Virtualisation has been a very popular technique for both development and production systems for many years. It allows multiple software environments to run on the same physical machine....
View ArticleBusiness As Unusual
MariaDB Foundation faces an unusual world, just like anyone else in these Corona times. Or perhaps, not quite. Here are some ideas for how to cope with a world inhibiting travel and social contact as...
View ArticleLife after this
On Monday, I sent out an email to the staff of MariaDB Foundation. In the hope that my thinking is also applicable for someone else, here’s a slightly edited excerpt: My email to our staff For an...
View ArticleHeads up: Renewing MariaDB Downloads
Time to renew downloads.mariadb.org! We are embarking on a long project. A large part of our user base mainly interacts with us through downloading new versions. […] The post Heads up: Renewing MariaDB...
View ArticleCongratulations on SkySQL, the DBaaS offering!
We congratulate MariaDB Corporation on their release of SkySQL, a DBaaS offering for MariaDB Server. A big step! The post Congratulations on SkySQL, the DBaaS offering! appeared first on MariaDB.org.
View ArticlePlanet MariaDB underwent liberal facelift
Planet MariaDB has been reworked from scratch, getting a new instance with the same look and feel as the rest of mariadb.org. Three news items, related to that: One bad, one neutral, one good. […] The...
View ArticleSelecting the right database
How do you select a database in practice? How do you pretend to select it? And, if you want to be serious, how do you select it logically? […] The post Selecting the right database appeared first on...
View ArticleDownloads – A fresh new look
It’s been close to four months since we announced our new project of renewing MariaDB Downloads. We are now ready to launch our first version. […] The post Downloads – A fresh new look appeared first...
View ArticleThank you, 2020
At MariaDB Foundation, we have many reasons to be thankful towards all of those who have helped us during 2020. A few sample contributions We have recently expressed our gratitude towards contributors...
View ArticleChallenges and Visions for MariaDB Server
At the MariaDB Foundation, we want MariaDB Server to be a model citizen in the Open Source world. For now, there is a sizeable gap between dreams and reality. … Continue reading \"Challenges and...
View ArticleNew Sponsor: Schaffhausen Institute of Technology
Good news from and for MariaDB Foundation: in Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT), we have a new Platinum Sponsor. With the additional funds and with the insights provided by Serguei Beloussov,...
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