MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0
MySQL Enterprise Encryption is an extension included in MySQL Enterprise Edition, a commercial product. To learn more about commercial products, https://www.mysql.com/products/.
MySQL Enterprise Edition includes a set of encryption functions that expose OpenSSL capabilities at the SQL level. The functions enable Enterprise applications to perform the following operations:
Implement added data protection using public-key asymmetric cryptography
Create public and private keys and digital signatures
Perform asymmetric encryption and decryption
Use cryptographic hashing for digital signing and data verification and validation
In releases before MySQL 8.0.30, these functions are based on the
openssl_udf shared library. From MySQL 8.0.30,
they are provided by a MySQL component
component_enterprise_encryption.