Re: Security issues

2010-06-01 Thread Raj Shekhar
In infinite wisdom Jerry Schwartz je...@gii.co.jp wrote: Back when this was a day-to-day concern of mine, I used to check CERT's website (the section now known as their Vulnerability Notes Database, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls). If securing the database is your job, then you really need to

RE: Security issues

2010-05-25 Thread Martin Gainty
que les email peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. From: wult...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:45:35 -0700 Subject: Re: Security issues To: mgai...@hotmail.com CC: je...@gii.co.jp; mysql

RE: Security issues

2010-05-25 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Back when this was a day-to-day concern of mine, I used to check CERT's website (the section now known as their Vulnerability Notes Database, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls). Unfortunately, I see that the last entry for MySQL is from years ago. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information

RE: Security issues

2010-05-24 Thread Jerry Schwartz
-Original Message- From: Rob Wultsch [mailto:wult...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:52 AM To: Martin Gainty Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Security issues On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Martin Gainty mgai...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Morning Rob- one vulnerability

Re: Security issues

2010-05-24 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Jerry Schwartz je...@gii.co.jp wrote: -Original Message- From: Rob Wultsch [mailto:wult...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:52 AM To: Martin Gainty Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Security issues On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Martin

RE: Security issues

2010-05-24 Thread Martin Gainty
, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. From: wult...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:27:52 -0700 Subject: Re: Security issues To: je...@gii.co.jp CC: mgai...@hotmail.com; mysql@lists.mysql.com On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Jerry Schwartz je

Re: Security issues

2010-05-24 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Martin Gainty mgai...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Afternoon Rob- if you're implementing either glassfish or weblogic webserver your best fit solution would be Oracle Identity Manager there are 'other' identity solutions such as RSA which are 1)far more complex

RE: Security issues

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Gainty
Good Morning Rob- one vulnerability (with UDFs) http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/security_alert.html a manager considering a enterprise-wide security solution may want to consider Oracle Identity Manager (with Glassfish 3.2)

Re: Security issues

2010-05-22 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Martin Gainty mgai...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Morning Rob- one vulnerability (with UDFs) http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/security_alert.html a manager considering a enterprise-wide security solution may want to consider Oracle Identity Manager

Re: Security issues

2010-05-22 Thread Johnny Withers
You could use CVE, Postgre's security page doesn't seem to sync with their CVE entries, even though they reference CVE entries on their comprehensive security page. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=postgresql http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=mysql JW On Sat, May

Re: Security overrides in mysql.cnf

2008-03-20 Thread Paul DuBois
At 2:51 PM -0500 3/19/08, Brown, Charles wrote: I inherited a mysql server database. Stuff are not documented. My question is: Are there any security work-arounds in mysql. I have access to the cnf file. I need to get in and dump the database. I was told that the cnf file allows security over

Re: Security overrides in mysql.cnf

2008-03-19 Thread Dan Rogart
Hi, On 3/19/08 3:51 PM, Brown, Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I inherited a mysql server database. Stuff are not documented. My question is: Are there any security work-arounds in mysql. I have access to the cnf file. I need to get in and dump the database. I was told that the cnf file

Re: Security overrides in mysql.cnf

2008-03-19 Thread Daniel Brown
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Brown, Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I inherited a mysql server database. Stuff are not documented. My question is: Are there any security work-arounds in mysql. I have access to the cnf file. I need to get in and dump the database. I was told that the

Re: Security settings won't take during installation

2006-08-25 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Adrian, On 8/25/06, Adrian Greeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The security settings could not be applied to the database because the .. I am pasting here the text of one of my earlier posts to this list: I got MySQL 5.0.22 running successfully

Re: Security fix for 4.0.27?

2006-06-06 Thread Jim Winstead
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 10:16:05PM -0700, Ken Williams wrote: Anyone know if 4.0.27 will be fixed for the mysql_real_escape issue? (http://lists.mysql.com/announce/364) 4.1 and 5 have been already, kinda wondering why 4.0 hasn't. It will not, because 4.0 does not have this bug. Jim Winstead

Re: Security Question

2005-10-03 Thread Armando
If it's a DoS attack then perhaps you should be speaking to your ISP and getting that resolved rather than trying to work around the problem on your side of things! Having said that, you could possibly impose host level restrictions in MySQL, but that could be a lot of work to modify your

Re: security question CAN-2005-0709 CAN-2005-0710 CAN-2005-0711

2005-08-17 Thread Jigal van Hemert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MySQL has moved WELL past the 3.23.x lineage and is getting close to retiring the 4.0.x lineage (it's only a rumor). So I suggest you update Not completely a rumor; on August 2, Heikki wrote: As far as I know, one release of 4.0 will still be built. Considering the

Re: security question CAN-2005-0709 CAN-2005-0710 CAN-2005-0711

2005-08-16 Thread SGreen
Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/16/2005 03:01:59 PM: Hi, I have installed binary mysql version 3.23.58 downloaded from www.mysql.org. In changelog from the documentation say that the release is from september 2003 and the security bug is in March 2005. What can I do ? How mysql

Re: security question CAN-2005-0709 CAN-2005-0710 CAN-2005-0711

2005-08-16 Thread Alejandro Gad
I agree with you, I will upgrade . Thanks for the advice. On 8/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/16/2005 03:01:59 PM: Hi, I have installed binary mysql version 3.23.58 downloaded from www.mysql.org. In changelog

Re: security and extended ascii characters

2004-05-12 Thread Sasha Pachev
Chris W wrote: In an effort to make sure no binary data is maliciously submitted via a form I have code the makes sure all characters in any input field are with in the range of a space to a ~. However now that I am getting some users of my site from Europe, that are having problems submitting

Re: security reason for not using load data infile local?

2004-04-12 Thread Emmett Bishop
Ginger, can't speak to the log file issue but check out this link for the dynamic server variables: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Dynamic_System_Variables.html Best O'luck, Tripp --- Ginger Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, MySQL gurus, Sometimes the 'local' option of 'load

RE: security reason for not using load data infile local?

2004-04-12 Thread Victor Pendleton
It depends on the variable. Can you give an example of the variable you are trying to set? As far as the load data infile, I believe it depends on how your database will be accessed. If you have a need for remote administration or are working with geographically separated databases then the

Re: Security

2004-03-12 Thread Curtis Maurand
a to see transactions that pertain to him/her. Many thanks. - Original Message - From: Mike Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:55 PM Subject: RE: Security From: Maru, Mulugeta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I go online

Re: Security

2004-03-12 Thread Mulugeta Maru
Thank you very much. Makes sense. - Original Message - From: Curtis Maurand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mulugeta Maru [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mike Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Security Usernames, passwords

Re: Security

2004-03-11 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
You've been perfectly clear. The MySQL permission system will not define this level of security. You must design you application so that it will only give access to the rows that pertain to the customer that is logged in. Create a MySQL user which can read and write to your database. Then

RE: Security

2004-03-11 Thread Mike Johnson
From: Mulugeta Maru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mike, I am sorry for the confusion I might have caused. May be it would help to give a clear example. Table - Customers (CustomerID, CustomerName, Address, etc) Table - Transaction(TransactionID,CustomerID,Date,Amount) Note:

Re: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Ed Curtis
- Original Message - From: Paul Rigor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mulugeta Maru [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:46 PM Subject: Re: Security Heya, Those are the default databases that comes with the setup. the mysql database holds info on mysql

Re: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
Only being able to see certain rows is not a function of MySQL, it is a function of the application you write for the user to access the database. If a user has permission to read a table, they can read all rows. It is up to your application to make sure they are only seeing rows that apply

RE: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Maru, Mulugeta
or not and run another query to get all transaction that match my account number. Do I make sense? -Original Message- From: Joshua J. Kugler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:34 PM To: Mulugeta Maru; MySQL Subject: Re: Security Only being able to see certain rows

RE: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Mike Johnson
From: Maru, Mulugeta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I go online to access my bank account I only see transactions pertain to my account only. I think when ever I make a transaction the database records my account number in the transaction table. When I log-in using my account number and

Re: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
: Joshua J. Kugler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:34 PM To: Mulugeta Maru; MySQL Subject: Re: Security Only being able to see certain rows is not a function of MySQL, it is a function of the application you write for the user to access the database. If a user has

Re: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Mulugeta Maru
is that customer A is able to modify customer B's record. In short how would you restrict customer a to see transactions that pertain to him/her. Many thanks. - Original Message - From: Mike Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MySQL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:55 PM Subject: RE

Re: Security

2004-03-10 Thread Paul DuBois
At 20:39 -0600 3/10/04, Mulugeta Maru wrote: Hi Mike, I am sorry for the confusion I might have caused. May be it would help to give a clear example. Table - Customers (CustomerID, CustomerName, Address, etc) Table - Transaction(TransactionID,CustomerID,Date,Amount) Note: CustomerID in Customer

Re: Security

2004-03-09 Thread Paul Rigor
Heya, Those are the default databases that comes with the setup. the mysql database holds info on mysql accounts. the test is an empty database. You should create a new database CREATE DATABASE customers then use customers... after that... you can setup the tables you mentioned. Goodluck!

Re: Security

2004-03-09 Thread Mulugeta Maru
: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:46 PM Subject: Re: Security Heya, Those are the default databases that comes with the setup. the mysql database holds info on mysql accounts. the test is an empty database. You should create a new database CREATE DATABASE customers then use customers... after

Re: Security issues

2004-01-14 Thread John Leach
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:32, Chris W wrote: Are there many php or mysql configuration considerations for making the site secure? I have already done the obvious with my sql and set up the grant tables with passwords for all users and removed the [EMAIL PROTECTED] user. Give the MySQL user

RE: Security Question

2003-11-27 Thread Andy Eastham
would not be too significant? Best regards, Andy -Original Message- From: Curley, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2003 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Security Question Importance: High thanks for reply - the requirement comes from a security audit - so

Re: Security Question

2003-11-27 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi! On Nov 27, DeBug wrote: - Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private' data !!! PD Sure. That's why you establish filesystem level access privileges so that PD only the mysql user can copy them in the first place.

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Fagyal, Csongor
Thomas, I am trying to find a solution to the following security issue with MySql DB on linux - Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private' data !!! Well, someone should not have access rights to the DB files on the first

RE: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Curley, Thomas
If there is no solution to this then MySql should not be used on internet accessible boxes for dynamic web sites Thomas -Original Message- From: Fagyal, Csongor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2003 12:51 To: Curley, Thomas Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Security Question Thomas, I

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Duncan Hill
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 13:22, Curley, Thomas wrote: Another Assumption -- Encrypting / decrypting all data on the fly would be too expensive and grind the app to a halt So the question again :- Any ideas on how to avoid having data files stored with absolutely

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Stefan Kuhn
:51 To: Curley, Thomas Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Security Question Thomas, I am trying to find a solution to the following security issue with MySql DB on linux - Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private

RE: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Mike Brum
, the more roadblocks you put between a potential hacker and your sensitive data, the better. -M -Original Message- From: Curley, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Security Question Importance: High thanks for reply

RE: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Curley, Thomas
PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2003 13:36 To: Curley, Thomas; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Security Question One of the first things that I did at my former job was to turn off all external-facing network adapters to our DB machines. If you're fortunate enough that your DB resides on it's own box

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Duncan Hill
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 13:43, Curley, Thomas wrote: Mike Correct and this is the architecture. The internet facing box has a routable IP, the DB box is separate and is not ext routable. The issue the security review highlighted strongly was the fact that if a hacker got access to

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Stefan Kuhn
To the chap who siad its not a DB issue - I will check with Oracle but I'm sure that dropping in a directory in oracle will not give you full access to a database (a clear one that is) The chap was me :-) I'm sure it does on oracle. Once you have an Oracle installation and got hold of all

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Mikael Fridh
Hacker gets in this way: -[Webserver][rooted]-[DBServer][rooted]-File_Access(/var/lib/mysql/database) I'd say the major security breach is already when the Webserver is rooted.^ If he gets to your webserver he could still read WHATEVER DATA he wants from your database with the information he

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi! On Nov 26, Curley, Thomas wrote: thanks for reply - the requirement comes from a security audit - so try to think in terms of a hacker Obviously and (I had assumed) 1.- the files would have tight unix security file permissions applied 2.- indeed the key would be stored on an

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Glenn Stauffer
Stefan Kuhn wrote: To the chap who siad its not a DB issue - I will check with Oracle but I'm sure that dropping in a directory in oracle will not give you full access to a database (a clear one that is) The chap was me :-) I'm sure it does on oracle. Once you have an Oracle installation

RE: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread mos
At 07:22 AM 11/26/2003, you wrote: Another Assumption -- Encrypting / decrypting all data on the fly would be too expensive and grind the app to a halt Not true. There are some databases that can encrypt records on the fly without any speed degradation ( 1%) using either

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Kevin Carlson
Curley, Thomas wrote: I am trying to find a solution to the following security issue with MySql DB on linux - Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private' data !!! As all the other posters have mentioned, you should have

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread Paul DuBois
At 16:13 -0500 11/26/03, Kevin Carlson wrote: Curley, Thomas wrote: I am trying to find a solution to the following security issue with MySql DB on linux - Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private' data !!! As all the

Re: Security Question

2003-11-26 Thread mos
At 03:21 PM 11/26/2003, you wrote: If someone can copy your database files, you're hosed. All the attacker need do is start the server with --skip-grant-tables, and he can can connect to it with no password, and has complete access to any files managed by the server. Paul Curley,

RE: Security related! Not possible to hide table structure. I couldn't find..... ?

2003-08-04 Thread Rudy Metzger
If you give access rights to a user on a DB, he will always be able to see the table structure. This is how it is implemented in MySQL (which does not mean that I like this). Cheers /rudy -Original Message- From: QWERTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 4 augustus 2003

Re: Security related! Not possible to hide table structure. I couldn't find..... ?

2003-08-04 Thread Yves Goergen
PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2003 14:50 Betreff: RE: Security related! Not possible to hide table structure. I couldn't find. ? If you give access rights to a user on a DB, he will always be able to see the table structure. This is how it is implemented in MySQL (which does not mean that I

Re: Security

2003-04-04 Thread Brian McCain
From the fine manual: 4.2 General Security Issues and the MySQL Access Privilege System MySQL has an advanced but non-standard security/privilege system. This section describes how it works. http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privilege_system.html Brian McCain - Original Message - From:

Re: Security

2003-04-04 Thread gerald_clark
Read the section of the manual on table types. Different table drivers offer differnt types of locking. ISAM and MYISAM don't, but BDB and INNODB types offer different types of row and or page locking. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I would like to know if MySQL allows for record locking.

re: Re: Security issues with LOAD DATA

2002-12-05 Thread Egor Egorov
cwilli14, Tuesday, December 03, 2002, 10:03:06 PM, you wrote: cardrdc This also does not enable me to upload a data file. My resulting SQL cardrdc statement reads: cardrdc LOAD DATA LOCAL '/tmp/phpgPhl51' INTO TABLE test FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' cardrdc ENCLOSED BY '' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES

re: Security issues with LOAD DATA

2002-12-03 Thread Egor Egorov
Chris, Tuesday, December 03, 2002, 6:58:39 AM, you wrote: CW I developed a PHP application where users can update a mySQL table using CW LOAD DATA. Recently I installed this application on another web server where CW the File Permissions have been set such that this method of uploading data CW is

Re: Security issues with LOAD DATA

2002-12-03 Thread cwilli14
5:50 AM Subject: re: Security issues with LOAD DATA Chris, Tuesday, December 03, 2002, 6:58:39 AM, you wrote: CW I developed a PHP application where users can update a mySQL table using CW LOAD DATA. Recently I installed this application on another web server where CW the File Permissions

re: Security question

2002-10-28 Thread Egor Egorov
Daniel, Monday, October 28, 2002, 1:06:10 AM, you wrote: DLS In my mysql.db file, I have some lines like: DLS %.private | somedb | someuser | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y DLS So, I have an internal domain called private, those hosts are in an DLS internal DNS, and can be reverse

Re: Security

2002-10-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 5:54 -0500 10/17/02, Terry Cheryl Haimann wrote: I was reading a book at BN yesterday which left me with the impression that in MySQL you can do the following: What book was this? Define a group with specific security access. Then define a list of users that inherit this groups security

Re: Security

2002-10-18 Thread Insanely Great
I belive it will work in Windows Insane - Original Message - From: Terry Cheryl Haimann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: Security I was reading a book at BN yesterday which left me with the impression that in MySQL you can do

Re: security problem

2002-10-02 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hello. On Wed 2002-10-02 at 09:49:30 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I found a security bug on mysqlgui-win32-static-1.7.5-2. When I install it on my desktop (win2k), I setup a password for the database. What does setup a password for the database mean? Passwords are not per-database

Re: Security vulnerability

2002-10-01 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi! On Oct 01, Plesk Support wrote: Any user in mysql can create as many databases as he wants. Create a user with 1 database, and let him create database with name my_data_base. Log into mysql console as user and run command: CREATE DATABASE my?data?base; New database will be

Re: Security: is 'root' truly neccessary?

2002-09-24 Thread Paul DuBois
At 16:53 -0700 9/24/02, Tom Emerson wrote: Being new to MySQL, it took a while to grok how security works. Now that I have a bit of a better understanding, a mental revalation is coming to the surface of my mind: since mysql users are NOT unix/windows-domain users, is the root user truly needed

Re: Security problem

2002-08-30 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Daniel's, Friday, August 30, 2002, 3:11:17 AM, you wrote: DsL *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* DsL I installed Mac OS X 10.2 this last weekend and since then I've been DsL having some problems with the security on the MySQL files. I thought DsL that I

Re: Security question

2002-08-15 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Mike, Thursday, August 15, 2002, 12:45:06 AM, you wrote: MH Hi there, MH I posted this a few days ago and recieved no responses, so I thought I would MH post it again: Mike, I answered you yesterday. MH Hi All; MH I am working on a front end to my database, but I am running into a bit of MH

Re: security

2002-07-27 Thread Paul DuBois
At 15:24 -0300 7/26/02, Anderson Pereira Ataides wrote: Why should I close port 3306 used by mysql? What would happen if a hacker use this port? You may want to close it at your firewall, if you want to allow the server to be used only by machines on the local side of the firewall. That will

Re: security

2002-07-27 Thread Dicky Wahyu Purnomo
Pada Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:24:58 -0300 Anderson Pereira Ataides [EMAIL PROTECTED] menulis : Why should I close port 3306 used by mysql? What would happen if a hacker use this port? Hemmm ... if you close the port 3306, so where do you put the mysqld to LISTEN on ? Well, if you considering the

Re: security

2002-07-27 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hi. On Fri 2002-07-26 at 15:24:58 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why should I close port 3306 used by mysql? What would happen if a hacker use this port? You should close it (as far as reasonable only, of course), simply, because you lose nothing, but gain an additional layer a malicious

Re: security paranoia

2002-06-12 Thread Tonu Samuel
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, MikeParton wrote: Where in the MySQL docs does it discuss DES_ENCRYPT/DES_DECRYPT support? Alternatively (and I am posting this to the php lists), anyone know where, or if, I can get pre-compiled libmcrypt library for php 4.2.1?

Re: security paranoia

2002-06-11 Thread Tonu Samuel
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Ray wrote: looking for something like encrypt(str, protected_str) and decrypt (crypt_str, private_str) and probably a make_key_pair() its not a vital part of my current project, but i'm sure someone will get cracked into (again) and then there will be another wave

Re: security paranoia

2002-06-11 Thread MikeParton
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: security paranoia On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Ray wrote: looking for something like encrypt(str, protected_str) and decrypt (crypt_str, private_str) and probably a make_key_pair() its not a vital part of my current project

Re: Security

2002-04-08 Thread Van
John: Since you host your application(s) with your ISP, don't worry about it. It's a useful and valid question, but you're not in a position to address it completely while security is in control of someone beside yourself. Look here to make yourself better educated about MySQL security:

Re: Security

2002-04-08 Thread Scalper
Since you are using a hosted database you probably can't change any of the security. What I would do is create a table of usernames and passwords (and any other releveant user data). When your users login, check their password and proceed accordingly. Craig At 02:44 AM 4/8/2002, you wrote:

Re: [SECURITY] How do these blank passwords get into mysql.user?

2002-02-19 Thread Peter Banik
Philip, you should explicitly specify host/password in the GRANT statement, like this: GRANT ALL ON xxx.* TO user@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; This way the user will only granted access from the specified host, you don't need to manually INSERT into the user table.

Re: [SECURITY] How do these blank passwords get into mysql.user?

2002-02-19 Thread Philip Mak
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:39:10PM +0100, Peter Banik wrote: you should explicitly specify host/password in the GRANT statement, like this: GRANT ALL ON xxx.* TO user@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; This way the user will only granted access from the specified

Re: [SECURITY] How do these blank passwords get into mysql.user?

2002-02-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Philip Mak« sagte am 2002-02-19 um 10:25:38 -0500 : One thing's been bothering me for a while: When I create a user and database in MySQL, the user always ends up with an extra entry with host='%' and password=''. How is this happening? This is how I create a new database and user: mysql

RE: Security concerns on webserver with PHP InnoDB

2002-02-18 Thread Peter Lovatt
-Original Message- From: BD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 February 2002 21:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Security concerns on webserver with PHP InnoDB I'm creating a web application with MySQL, PHP, InnoDB and I need to know whether I should split the one large

Re: Security hole in mysqlhotcopy?

2001-12-29 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
You can usually try providing an empty -p parameter and be asked for the password afterwards. Bogdan Philip Mak wrote: As far as I can tell, mysqlhotcopy does not provide a way of specifying the password anywhere other than the command line (e.g. it doesn't seem to read .my.cnf).

Re: Security hole in mysqlhotcopy?

2001-12-29 Thread Philip Mak
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: You can usually try providing an empty -p parameter and be asked for the password afterwards. Doesn't seem to work: [mysql@lina mysql]$ mysqlhotcopy -u root -p test . DBI-connect(;host=localhost;mysql_read_default_group=mysqlhotcopy) failed:

Re: Security hole in mysqlhotcopy?

2001-12-29 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
mysqlhotcopy -uroot -p test . Philip Mak wrote: On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: You can usually try providing an empty -p parameter and be asked for the password afterwards. Doesn't seem to work: [mysql@lina mysql]$ mysqlhotcopy -u root -p test .

Re: Security hole in mysqlhotcopy?

2001-12-29 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
Ooops! Sorry, I tested it and it doesn't work! Sorry for misleading you... ;-) Bogdan Bogdan Stancescu wrote: mysqlhotcopy -uroot -p test . Philip Mak wrote: On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: You can usually try providing an empty -p parameter and be asked for the

Re: Security problem in Access database

2001-11-28 Thread Carl Troein
Jack writes: 1. What should i do if i want to limit the user which can only edit the record belongs to him/her. i mean user can only update to his own record but not the others!! This sort of security is best handled at the application level. If you don't want your users to access the

Re: Security using ODBC

2001-08-24 Thread Sommai Fongnamthip
try driver vbmysql.dll at www.icarz.com/mysql/index.html SF At 16:00 24/8/2001 +0800, Jason Kwok wrote: Hi, I want to write a program with VB in win98 box and connect to mySQL in Linux. I think the only way to do is to connect thru ODBC with myODBC. But with using ODBC, all ID password

Re: Security problem with 3.23.38

2001-08-01 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! Sinisa == Sinisa Milivojevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sinisa Robert Cross writes: I've got a wierd problem with 3.23.38, built from source, running on RedHat v6.2 (Intel). Put simply the wildcard character for user access doesn't work. From my reading of the docs any of the

Re: Security problem with 3.23.38

2001-07-30 Thread Sinisa Milivojevic
Robert Cross writes: I've got a wierd problem with 3.23.38, built from source, running on RedHat v6.2 (Intel). Put simply the wildcard character for user access doesn't work. From my reading of the docs any of the following: grant all on mtdb.* to user1 identified by bozo1;

Re: Security problem with 3.23.38

2001-07-30 Thread Robert Cross
I wrote: I've got a wierd problem with 3.23.38, built from source, running on RedHat v6.2 (Intel). Put simply the wildcard character for user access doesn't work. From my reading of the docs any of the following: grant all on mtdb.* to user1 identified by bozo1; grant all on

Re: Security problem with 3.23.38

2001-07-30 Thread Sinisa Milivojevic
Robert Cross writes: I wrote: Try first granting USAGE on *.* to both users with 'identified by ...' and then try granting database rights. Thanks Sinisa, that works perfectly. I've now got a wonderful small and fast database that I can let the users into! Bob Cross. You are

RE: Security problems - Very Newbie!

2001-07-14 Thread Chris Bolt
C:\mysql grant all on *.* to administrator@sara identified by delboy Try this: C:\mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 463668 to server version: 3.23.39-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql grant all on

Re: Security

2001-06-20 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hello. On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 12:36:28PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, How come I can access databases on my server using an illegal username and password combination with the MySQL GUI? The username and password are valid on the server but should only work on localhost and I

Re: Security, ownership and daemon startup

2001-05-10 Thread William Goedicke
Dear Y'all - Paul DuBois writes: At 9:53 AM -0400 5/9/01, Brian Cuttler wrote: The developers that want to use the database would like ownership of the files and daemon so that they can modify and restart at will. Tell them to pick one of their accounts to be used for running the

Re: Security, ownership and daemon startup

2001-05-09 Thread Paul DuBois
At 9:53 AM -0400 5/9/01, Brian Cuttler wrote: Hello, We are installing MySQL 3.22.21 as pre-built for IRIX, installing on IRIX 6.5.7m. The developers that want to use the database would like ownership of the files and daemon so that they can modify and restart at will. Tell them to pick one of

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
I haven't read Mysql's authorization mechanism from Paul's book, but from the Oreilly book and it was pretty comprehensive and intuitive. I suggest you borrow that book from your local library or buy it. To try to write here about how it works would be a waste of time for both of us. It is

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Lindsay Adams
Ashley, Are you using the GRANT statement? That is the easiest way to get it right. Read up on the GRANT SQL statement. Look at the examples... Using regular inserts into the mysql database, can cause improper input into the tables, which can (from personal experience) cause mysqld to not run.

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
"Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" wrote: I haven't read Mysql's authorization mechanism from Paul's book, but from the Oreilly book and it was pretty comprehensive and intuitive. I suggest you borrow that book from your local library or buy it. Ya, it's already on its way...(the book that is).

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Steve Brazill
There's some good documentation (a lot of it in the form of 'warnings') on security aspects of the "mysql" database. http://mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Privilege_system.html#Privilege_system But, here's some quick notes: Anyone who has 'modify' permissions to the

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Van
"Ashley M. Kirchner" wrote: Okay, I'm about to rip my hair out trying to figure this out, and I thought before I start looking for a gun, maybe I should ask.. I need someone to explain the 'mysql' database to me. I've tried reading about it, tried different settings, but I'm

Re: Security

2001-04-09 Thread Lindsay Adams
On 4/9/01 10:12 AM, "Burke Patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lindsay, maybe you can help me? I am trying to give a user SELECT access to just one table in my database. If I don't give him SELECT privileges in the mysql.user table or mysql.db table, he cannot even login to the

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