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Asked: 2026-06-01T13:40:05+00:00

I have a client/server application with its users and all… The server serialization is

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I have a client/server application with its users and all… The server serialization is done using SqlAlchemy over MySQL.

I am planning to assign an RSA private key to my User class for… certain paranoid extended security purposes. I need to store the key somewhere, and I’m thinking about storing it in an extra column of the User table.

So, if you guys think that storing an RSA private key in a MySQL table is an “acceptable” idea, what would be the best column type to use? STRING? a BINARY?

Any hint will be appreciated, including answers of the kind “are you nuts?? storing a private key in MySQL is the worse thing you can do security-wise“. I’m pretty new to MySQL and even newer to asymmetric encryption, so I might be trying to do something very, very bad.

Thank you in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, if you gotta store, you gotta store…

    As to what type is best, see for yourself. Binary takes less space, but string might be more comfortable to work with. Try both options and see.

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