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title: SSL connection on MySQL Database Server should be enabled
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# SSL connection on MySQL Database Server should be enabled
 
## Description{% #description %}

Enable SSL connectivity on MySQL Servers. SSL connectivity helps to provide a new layer of security by connecting database servers to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between a database server and its client applications helps protect against "man in the middle" attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and application.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

### From the console{% #from-the-console %}

1. Log in to [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com).
1. Go to **Azure Database for SQL server**.
1. For each database, click **Connection security**.
1. In SSL settings, click **Enabled** to enforce SSL connection .