You are correct.
Mike Cermak wrote:
>
> 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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