Posted On: Apr 15, 2022
You can now configure your database connections on Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition from an allowable list of ciphers. Configurable cipher suites help provide you with more security control over the connection encryption that your database server accepts.
The supported ciphers, dependent on the version of your Aurora MySQL-compatible database, include the following:
- DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
- DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
- DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
- DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
- DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256
- DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
- ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
- ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
- ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
- ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
- ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384
- ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
For more information on securing and configuring your database connections, visit the Security with Amazon Aurora MySQL page.
Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of traditional commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to five times better performance than the standard MySQL database, together with increased scalability, durability, and security. For more information, please visit the Amazon Aurora product page.