3.1.2.6 Plugins and Components

The following MySQL Server plugins and components are loaded by default. You do not need to install any of these plugins.

• MySQL Enterprise Thread Pool

  Implements a thread pool that increases server performance by efficiently managing statement execution threads for large numbers of client connections. For more information, refer to MySQL Enterprise Thread Pool, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• Connection Control Plugins

  Introduces an increasing delay in server response to connection attempts after a number of consecutive failed attempts. This capability provides a deterrent that slows down brute force attacks against MySQL user accounts. For more information, refer to The Connection-Control Plugins, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• Password Validation Component

  Improves security by requiring account passwords and enabling strength testing of potential passwords. For more information, refer to The Password Validation Component, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• MySQL Enterprise Data Masking and De-Identification

  Helps protect sensitive data from unauthorized uses by hiding and replacing real values with substitutes. For more information, refer to MySQL Enterprise Data Masking and De-Identification, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• MySQL Enterprise Firewall

  Protects your data by monitoring, alerting, and blocking unauthorized database activity. For more information, refer to MySQL Enterprise Firewall, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• MySQL Enterprise Encryption

  Provides built-in, server-side asymmetric encryption, key generation, digital signatures, and other cryptographic features to help protect confidential data using public and private keys. Only the MySQL Enterprise Encryption component functions are supported. The MySQL Enterprise Encryption plugin functions are deprecated and not supported by HeatWave on AWS. For more information, refer to MySQL Enterprise Encryption, in the MySQL Reference Manual.

• MySQL Enterprise Audit

  Enables the MySQL Server to produce a log file containing an audit record of server activities. The log contents can include information such as when clients connected and disconnected, what actions they performed while connected, and which databases and tables they accessed. See MySQL Enterprise Audit for details.

Parent topic: MySQL Server