Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
ProdMask: production-shaped data, minus the customers
ProdMask offers a free scanner for MySQL and MariaDB production databases, with a planned Pro tool for making safer copies for staging and development.
- For
- Teams handling MySQL or MariaDB staging copies
- Worth noticing
- The page says the scanner reads serialized PHP values key by key; the proposed copy adjusts string-length prefixes when replacement values change.
Field notes
The page lays out separate scan and copy workflows: the scanner is described as read-only, while Pro would alter a database copy and check it before use. Its examples include serialized PHP values, where replacement strings may require adjusted length prefixes, and a verification step covering foreign keys, unique constraints, row counts, and leftover original values. The signed report is described as evidence for an organization's controls, not as a certificate.
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