This is probably a silly question, but I've read the one reference to skip_networking
in the documentation and searched the archive (first rule of MySQL: RTFM, second rule
of MySQL: read it again, third rule of MySQL: do an archive search on the term or
concept you're looking for and read all relevant results), and I'm still not totally
clear about something:
If I'm setting up a MySQL server on RedHat Linux that will only be accessed via the
following methods, can I safely start the server with the skip-networking option to
more tightly secure the server? The access methods intended are:
PHP or perl via web browser (for both queries and administration)
console via Secure Shell (admin only, and only when necessary)
local console (admin only, and only when necessary)
I'm thinking that skip_netowrking will prevent any network-based connections other
than via http (since the connection isn't to MySQL, but to the web server, which then
locally connects to MySQL), and that console via SSH is not a network connection to
MySQL, but a network connection to the console, which then locally connects to MySQL.
Am I correct in my assessment? If skip_networking is used, does MySQL still advertise
on port 3306? I'm thinking it shouldn't, but just want to be sure.
Thanks for entertaining the requests of an admitted MySQL neophyte.
Mike Cermak
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