Controlling table encryption in MySQL 8.0
MySQL 5.7.11 introduced InnoDB transparent tablespace encryption, which enabled support for file-per-table tablespaces, and this feature is discussed in this blog.
Later in MySQL 8.0.13, encryption for general tablespace was introduced.
To improve usability of encryption handling, MySQL 8.0.16 added several features to enable, disable and enforce table encryption for tables within a schema, general tablespace or entire MySQL system.…
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