# 1 - Connecting

{% content-ref url="1-connecting/connection" %}
[connection](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/clientserver-protocol/1-connecting/connection)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="1-connecting/caching\_sha2\_password-authentication-plugin" %}
[caching\_sha2\_password-authentication-plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/clientserver-protocol/1-connecting/caching_sha2_password-authentication-plugin)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="1-connecting/sha256\_password-plugin" %}
[sha256\_password-plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/clientserver-protocol/1-connecting/sha256_password-plugin)
{% endcontent-ref %}