RE: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Paul DuBois
ECTED] Subject: Re: disabling version number Florian Effenberger wrote: >>No, why? > > > Part of my security concept, I generally disable all version numbers. > > You can patch mysql source and recompile ;) However, if someone has enough access rights on your system

RE: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 24 Mar 2003 at 11:02, Jeremy Tinley wrote: > but paying for a low end account, finding the version > number the host is running and finding an exploit for that version would > probably be what the original poster had in mind of preventing. Suppose you prevented customers from seeing the versio

RE: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Adam Nelson
day, March 24, 2003 11:39 AM > To: Florian Effenberger > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: disabling version number > > > Florian Effenberger wrote: > >>No, why? > > > > > > Part of my security concept, I generally disable all > ve

RE: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Paul DuBois
on would probably be what the original poster had in mind of preventing. -Original Message- From: Joseph Bueno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:39 AM To: Florian Effenberger Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disabling version number Florian Effenberger wrote: No

Re: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
;-) - Original Message - From: "Joseph Bueno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Florian Effenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 5:39 PM Subject: Re: disabling version number You can patch mysql source and

RE: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Jeremy Tinley
Florian Effenberger Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disabling version number Florian Effenberger wrote: >>No, why? > > > Part of my security concept, I generally disable all version numbers. > > You can patch mysql source and recompile ;) However, if someone has e

Re: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Joseph Bueno
Florian Effenberger wrote: No, why? Part of my security concept, I generally disable all version numbers. You can patch mysql source and recompile ;) However, if someone has enough access rights on your system to run "select version();", showing mysql version number should be the least importa

Re: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
> No, why? Part of my security concept, I generally disable all version numbers. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: disabling version number

2003-03-24 Thread Paul DuBois
At 16:45 +0100 3/24/03, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi, is there any configuration directive of disabling the output of the MySQL servers version number? Thanks Florian No, why? -- Paul DuBois http://www.kitebird.com/ sql, query -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.c