diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a825b612b..a60a1c0b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 $Id$
 $HeadURL$
 
+2007-02-28 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * libraries/config.default.php: set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl'] default
+      value to false, we got reports from some users having problems with the
+      default value of true
+
 2007-02-27 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/common.lib.php: bug #1659176, memory error displaying
       a table with large BLOBs
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 2421251e1..39d5867a7 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $i++;
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']          = '';          // MySQL port - leave blank for default port
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']        = '';          // Path to the socket - leave blank for default socket
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']           = true;        // Use SSL for connecting to MySQL server?
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']           = false;        // Use SSL for connecting to MySQL server?
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';       // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']     = 'mysql';     // The php MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli')
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']      = FALSE;       // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection