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Security Compatibility with MySQL	Learn TiDB's security compatibilities with MySQL.	reference

Security Compatibility with MySQL

TiDB supports similar security functionality to MySQL 5.7, with the following exceptions:

Only the mysql_native_password authentication scheme is supported
External authentication (such as with LDAP) is not currently supported
Column level permissions are not supported
Password expiry, as well as password last-changed tracking and password lifetime are not supported #9709
The permission attributes max_questions, max_updated, max_connections, max_user_connections are not supported
Password validation is not currently supported #9741
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is not currently supported

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