MySQL & Web Server on Same Machine: Do I need SSL?

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dashifen
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MySQL & Web Server on Same Machine: Do I need SSL?

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Seemed like a simple question at first but it's become harder than I thought. My web server and mysql server are the same physical machine (different drives, though). I'm trying to determine if there is any transmission via the internet for information between the web server and the database that I need to secure. For example, I will be running SSL to encrypt the information from the client to the server (form data, for example) but then, once the data has been received by the server, I'm trying to determine if I need to enable SSL for the MySQL interactions (usually saving said form data). However, because the web server and database server are the same machine, is there any transmission to secure or would this be pointless and time consuming?
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my vote: pointless.
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