I'd like to look at the network packets going between the client application I'm writing and my MySQL 8.0 server. I have followed the instructions here:
https://scalegrid.io/blog/configuring-and-managing-ssl-on-your-mysql-server/
i.e, moved the *.pem files to a backup folder and added "ssl=0" to the auto.cnf file (there is no my.cnf file) and rebooted, but when I connect to the server with:
mysql_real_connect(pMySQL, pMySQLHostName, "<user>", "<password>", "", 0, NULL, SSL_MODE_DISABLED)
and then check with:
mysql_get_ssl_cipher(pMySQL)
I get the following:
ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
and when I look in the MySQL server directory I see that some *.pem files have "magically" reappeared.
How do I disable encryption so I can see what packets are being sent in plain text?