Aurora MySQL Default Authentication Plugin,mysql_native_password,
MySQL default authentication plugin- mysql_native_password, caching_sha2_password AWS RDS for MySQL version 8.0.34 and higher 8.0 versions use the mysql_native_password plugin. You can't change the default_authentication_plugin setting. RDS for MySQL version 8.4 and higher versions use the caching_sha2_password plugin as the default authentication plugin.You can change the default authentication plugin for MySQL 8.4. The mysql_native_password plugin still works with MySQL 8.4, but support of this plugin ends with MySQL 8.4 To change the default authentication plugin, create a custom parameter group and modify the value of the authentication_policy parameter MySQL’s mysql_native_password plugin is deprecated starting from MySQL 8.0.34 , disabled by default in MySQL 8.4 , and removed entirely in MySQL 9.0 . Amazon RDS for MySQL has switched to caching_sha2_password as the default authentication plugin for improved security and performance Examp...