title: Accessing rds MySql db with SSL 443 instead of 3306
body: <p>I am trying to access my rds mySql db via 443 only instead of 3306.</p>
  
  <p>After enabling the ssl option on workbench and entering the path to the mysql-ssl-ca-cert.pem I tried to disable tcp 3306 on my security group to insure it connects using 443 but it doesn't.</p>
  
  <p>I can connect using the mysql command line below but yet again it fails once i disable tcp 443 on the security group
  mysql -h myinstance.c9akciq32.rds-us-east-1.amazonaws.com --ssl_ca=rds-ssl-ca-cert.pem</p>
  
  <p>Amazon documentation states:
  The SSL support in Amazon RDS is strictly for encrypting the connection between your client and your DB instance; it should not be relied on for authenticating the server.</p>
  
  <p>Does this mean that I can only ever authenticate to mysql db over 3306 and not 443, but the data will be encrypted in transit?</p>
  
  <p>My issue is that my customer won't open 3306 outbound on their firewall but 443 is of course opened. Any help appreciated. </p>