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main.database.params=useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&useSSL=true&requireSSL=true |
NOTE: JDK has issue with validating SSL certs, so you may want to add another parameter which will disable validation using verifyServerCertificate=false
To strictly force SSL for a user to connect to mysql use "REQUIRE SSL" with GRANT statement.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-j-reference-using-ssl.html
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