C:>mysql -h example.com -P 3306 -D prod_rcadb -u username -p
Enter password: **********
ERROR 2027 (HY000): Malformed packet

C:>mysqladmin -h example.com -P 3306 -u username -p version
Enter password: **********
mysqladmin: connect to server at '10.106.24.79' failed
error: 'Malformed packet'

1              2016-04-14 11:18:48.910690         0.000000              137.69.150.80                     10.106.24.79       TCP        66                51157→3306 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1428 WS=256 SACK_PERM=1   8192
2              2016-04-14 11:18:49.019893         0.109203              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     TCP        66                3306→51157 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 SACK_PERM=1 WS=256           5840
3              2016-04-14 11:18:49.019893         0.000000              137.69.150.80                     10.106.24.79       TCP        54                51157→3306 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=65536 Len=0          256

4              2016-04-14 11:18:49.144696         0.124803              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     MySQL  110        Server Greeting proto=10 version=5.0.95            23
5              2016-04-14 11:18:49.144696         0.000000              137.69.150.80                     10.106.24.79       MySQL  119         Login Request user=bigdata   256<br>
6              2016-04-14 11:18:49.144696         0.000000              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     TCP        60                3306→51157 [ACK] Seq=57 Ack=66 Win=5888 Len=0        23
7              2016-04-14 11:18:49.316301         0.171605              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     MySQL  60           Response                23

Server Capabilities: 0xa22c
.... .... .... ...0 = Long Password: Not set
.... .... .... ..0. = Found Rows: Not set
.... .... .... .1.. = Long Column Flags: Set
.... .... .... 1... = Connect With Database: Set
.... .... ...0 .... = Don't Allow database.table.column: Not set
.... .... ..1. .... = Can use compression protocol: Set
.... .... .0.. .... = ODBC Client: Not set
.... .... 0... .... = Can Use LOAD DATA LOCAL: Not set
.... ...0 .... .... = Ignore Spaces before '(': Not set
.... ..1. .... .... = Speaks 4.1 protocol (new flag): Set
.... .0.. .... .... = Interactive Client: Not set
.... 0... .... .... = Switch to SSL after handshake: Not set
...0 .... .... .... = Ignore sigpipes: Not set
..1. .... .... .... = Knows about transactions: Set
.0.. .... .... .... = Speaks 4.1 protocol (old flag): Not set
1... .... .... .... = Can do 4.1 authentication: Set
Server Language: latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci (8)

.... .... .... ...1 = Long Password: Set
.... .... .... ..0. = Found Rows: Not set
.... .... .... .1.. = Long Column Flags: Set
.... .... .... 0... = Connect With Database: Not set
.... .... ...0 .... = Don't Allow database.table.column: Not set
.... .... ..0. .... = Can use compression protocol: Not set
.... .... .0.. .... = ODBC Client: Not set
.... .... 1... .... = Can Use LOAD DATA LOCAL: Set
.... ...0 .... .... = Ignore Spaces before '(': Not set
.... ..1. .... .... = Speaks 4.1 protocol (new flag): Set
.... .0.. .... .... = Interactive Client: Not set
.... 0... .... .... = Switch to SSL after handshake: Not set
...0 .... .... .... = Ignore sigpipes: Not set
..1. .... .... .... = Knows about transactions: Set
.0.. .... .... .... = Speaks 4.1 protocol (old flag): Not set
1... .... .... .... = Can do 4.1 authentication: Set
Extended Client Capabilities: 0x81be
.... .... .... ...0 = Multiple statements: Not set
.... .... .... ..1. = Multiple results: Set
.... .... .... .1.. = PS Multiple results: Set
.... .... .... 1... = Plugin Auth: Set
.... .... ...1 .... = Connect attrs: Set
.... .... ..1. .... = Plugin Auth LENENC Client Data: Set
.... .... 1... .... = Session variable tracking: Set
1000 0001 .0.. .... = Unused: 0x0204

Packet Length: 1
Packet Number: 2
EOF marker: 254

8              2016-04-14 11:18:49.316301         0.000000              137.69.150.80                     10.106.24.79       TCP        54                51157→3306 [FIN, ACK] Seq=66 Ack=62 Win=65536 Len=0            256
9              2016-04-14 11:18:49.332901         0.016600              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     TCP        60                3306→51157 [ACK] Seq=62 Ack=67 Win=5888 Len=0        23
10           2016-04-14 11:18:49.391904         0.059003              10.106.24.79                       137.69.150.80     TCP        60                3306→51157 [FIN, ACK] Seq=62 Ack=67 Win=5888 Len=0              23
11           2016-04-14 11:18:49.391904         0.000000              137.69.150.80                     10.106.24.79       TCP        54                51157→3306 [ACK] Seq=67 Ack=63 Win=65536 Len=0     256

Packet Length: 7
Packet Number: 2
Affected Rows: 0
Server Status: 0x0002
.... .... .... ...0 = In transaction: Not set
.... .... .... ..1. = AUTO_COMMIT: Set
.... .... .... .0.. = More results: Not set
.... .... .... 0... = Multi query - more resultsets: Not set
.... .... ...0 .... = Bad index used: Not set
.... .... ..0. .... = No index used: Not set
.... .... .0.. .... = Cursor exists: Not set
.... .... 0... .... = Last row sent: Not set
.... ...0 .... .... = database dropped: Not set
.... ..0. .... .... = No backslash escapes: Not set
.... .0.. .... .... = Session state changed: Not set
.... 0... .... .... = Query was slow: Not set
...0 .... .... .... = PS Out Params: Not set

Payload
1     [fe]
Fields
status (1) -- 0xfe
Returns
Protocol::AuthSwitchResponse with old password hash
Example
01 00 00 02 fe

B.5.2.4 Client does not support authentication protocol

The current implementation of the authentication protocol uses a password hashing algorithm that is incompatible with that used by older (pre-4.1) clients. Attempts to connect to a 4.1 or newer server with an older client may fail with the following message:

shell> mysql
Client does not support authentication protocol requested
by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

To deal with this problem, the preferred solution is to upgrade all client programs to use a 4.1.1 or newer client library. If that is not possible, use one of the following approaches:

    To connect to the server with a pre-4.1 client program, use an account that still has a pre-4.1-style password.

    Reset the password to pre-4.1 style for each user that needs to use a pre-4.1 client program. This can be done using the SET PASSWORD statement and the OLD_PASSWORD() function. As of MySQL 5.6.6, it is also necessary to first ensure that the authentication plugin for the account is mysql_old_password:

    mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_old_password'
    mysql> WHERE User = 'some_user' AND Host = 'some_host';
    mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR
        -> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('new_password');

SET PASSWORD FOR 'nagios'@'10.10.10.201' = 'xxxx';