Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:44:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql connection through ssl tunnel Message-ID: <48FD8876.5090805@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <007ABF71-6D85-4849-A9E7-933D18236EE8@identry.com> References: <8B945891-5F96-4FBF-8175-15F67F03DD92@identry.com> <48D8F881.1010000@unsane.co.uk> <912A74FB-0292-4A53-B480-34FE69D9C465@identry.com> <20081020212103.GA13334@icarus.home.lan> <007ABF71-6D85-4849-A9E7-933D18236EE8@identry.com>
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