Locking down database access is probably the single most important thing for a system administrator or software developer to prevent their application from leaking its data. As MariaDB 11.8 is the first long-term supported version with a few new key security features, let’s recap what the most important things are every DBA should know about MariaDB in 2025.\n
This is nice for those tired of wrestling with TLS certs and CAs for your database
TLS is good *only’ if you are also validating those certs. And that is what MariaDB 11.8 is now doing.