Timeline for MySQL: How does AES_ENCRYPT turn the password into a key?
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 20:14 | comment | added | RolandoMySQLDBA | This question can be tagged a MySQL question. In fact, there is an AES_ENCRYPT function (dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/…) in the MySQL Documentation. There is also AES_DECRYPT. | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 12:44 | comment | added | 700 Software | Actually, it is not "how does encryption work". Unless I am mistaken, AES encryption would encrypt with a 128 bit (16 byte) key. My question was, how is it that MySQL (and perhaps other databases) convert the password to the 128bit key. | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 2:38 | history | answered | atxdba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |