MariaDB 10.1.11 now available

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 10.1.11. See the release notes and changelog for details on this release.

Download MariaDB 10.1.11

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Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB! …

2015 in the MariaDB Foundation

The mariadb.org website had over one million page views in 2015, a growth of about 9% since 2014. Good growth has been visible all over the MariaDB ecosystem and we can conclude that 2015 was a successful year for MariaDB.

Increased adoption

MariaDB was included for the first time in an official Debian release (version 8.0 “Jessie”) and there has been strong adoption of MariaDB 10.0 in Linux distributions that already shipped 5.5. MariaDB is now available from all major Linux distributions including SUSE, RedHat, Debian and Ubuntu.

Adoption of MariaDB in other platforms also increased, and MariaDB is now available as a database option on, among others, Amazon RDS, 1&1Azure and Juju Charm Store (Ubuntu). …

What’s new in MariaDB Connector/C 3.0 – Part I: SSL

New SSL alternatives

SSL connections in previous versions of MariaDB Connector/C are based on the OpenSSL library. But because of the OpenSSL heartbleed bug, licensing problems and the lack of support for different transport layers, we decided to add support for alternative SSL implementations.

That’s why Connector/C 3.0 can use not only OpenSSL, but also

  • GnuTLS (http://www.gnutls.org)
  • SChannel (Windows only)

On Windows Connector/C 3.0 uses SChannel by default and does not require any external SSL libraries.

Currently the SSL implementation must be selected when Connector/C is compiled. One does it by setting WITH_SSL cmake variable to one of the OPENSSL, GNUTLS, SCHANNEL, or OFF to have no SSL support at all. …

The State of SSL in MariaDB

Usually when one says “SSL” or “TLS” it means not a specific protocol but a family of protocols. Wikipedia article has the details, but in short — SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 are deprecated and should not be used anymore (the well-known POODLE vulnerability exploits the flaw in SSL 3.0). TLS 1.0 is sixteen years old and while it’s still being used, new security standards (for example PCI DSS v3.1) require TLS 1.1 or, preferably, TLS 1.2.

MySQL used to support TLS 1.0 since 2001. Which means MariaDB supported it from the day one, and never supported weaker SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0. …

MariaDB 10.1.10 and MariaDB Galera Cluster 5.5.47 and 10.0.23 now available

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 10.1.10, MariaDB Galera Cluster 5.5.47, and MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.23. See the release notes and changelogs for details on each release.

Download MariaDB 10.1.10

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Download MariaDB Galera Cluster 5.5.47

Release Notes Changelog About MariaDB Galera Cluster


Download MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.23

Release Notes Changelog About MariaDB Galera Cluster

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB! …

MariaDB 10.0.23 now available

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 10.0.23. See the release notes and changelog for details on this release.

Download MariaDB 10.0.23

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Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB! …

New MariaDB.org with fresh looks and contents

Today we have published a long overdue facelift of the MariaDB.org website. You are looking at the result right now! Some of the highlights are:

  • New responsive design with the new logo and a blue theme
  • The old blog has been merged into the main MariaDB.org site
  • The supporters of the Foundation are much more visible thanks to the big banner in the footer
  • What the MariaDB Foundation is and what it does is now better presented
  • Policies related to MariaDB and instructions on how to contribute to the open source project have been updated
  • It is now easier for individuals to donate to the Foundation thanks to the PayPal and Flattr buttons.

MariaDB 5.5.47 and updated connectors now available

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.47, MariaDB Connector/C 2.2.2, and MariaDB Connector/J 1.3.3. See the release notes and changelogs for details on each release.

Download MariaDB 5.5.47

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 5.5?

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Download MariaDB Connector/C 2.2.2

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Download MariaDB Connector/J 1.3.3

Release Notes Changelog About MariaDB Connector/J

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB! …