i thought the main reason was that he did not want to use a firewall ( for some reason , only he knows why :) )
cheers David Ziggy Lubowa Network Engineer One2net (U) web: www.one2net.co.ug Tel: +256 41 345466 -----Original Message----- From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:mbabcock@;fibrespeed.net] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:45 PM To: Joseph Bueno Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Admin-Stress; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: restricting mysql Joseph Bueno wrote: >You can also restrict port 3306 to localhost with : >bind-address = 127.0.0.1 >in /etc/my.cnf > > Or even: iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT --dport 3306 -j DROP -- Michael T. Babcock C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd. http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
